NO. 13 SOVIET ANTHROPOLOGY — FIELD I83 



UZBEKS OF KHWARAZM 



Oshanin '^ described tlie anthropological type of the Uzbeks of 

 Khwarazni in the following manner: 



Pigmentation. — On this basis these Uzbeks are not homogeneous. 

 Among them clearly predominate darkly pigmented individuals. 

 However, there is a slight admixture of a lighter pigmentation of 

 skin and eyes. 



Hair. — Facial and body hair arc of medium development. The 

 admixture of individuals with a sparse growth of hair is small. 



Face. — The predominating forms are oval and elliptical. The face 

 is of medium height and breadth, with a moderately developed, but 

 not infrequently narrow and low, forehead, more frequently straight 

 and flat than convex and sloping. 



Stature. — Medium with a tendency toward tallness. 



Facial inde.v. — This varies from eur}'prosojn' to mesoprosopy. 



Ccj^halic index. — Although the mean is subbrachycephalic, there 

 is considerable admixture of both brachycephals and dolichocephals. 



Nose. — Medium size predominates. However, there is a small 

 group with low, broad noses. On the other hand, persons with high, 

 narrow noses are frequently encountered. The nasal profile is either 

 straight or convex ; concave noses are rarely found. The nasal index 

 is leptorrhine with a strong tendency toward mesorrhiny. 



Mongolian fold. — This feature occurs not infrequently. 



Sionniary. — In general, the Uzbeks of Khwarazm may be character- 

 ized as representatives of the brachycephalic variety of Homo sapiens 

 indo-curopacus of Central Asia, with a significant admixture of Tj'pe I 

 (Asiatic type) and a lesser admixture of Type II (dolichocephalic 

 variety of Homo sapiens indo-curopaeus of Central Asia). This is 

 seen, for example, in the fact that while in all tables of measurements 

 the Uzbeks of Khwarazm occupy an intermediate position between 

 the Tashkent Tajiks and the Uzbeks (i.e., Turkized Iranians) on 

 one side and the Kirghiz on the other, in all basic characters they 

 stand much closer to the Tajiks. The admixture of the dolichocephalic 

 variety of Homo sapiens indo-curopaeus is expressed in the increased 

 stature and the decreased cephalic indices of the Uzl)eks of Khwarazm. 



The undoubted, and fairly significant, admixture of Mongoloid 

 traits among the Uzl)cks of Khwarazm must be attributed to the 

 preservation of elements of the original Mongoloid Uzlx:k tj-pe which 

 had become dissolved in the autochthonous Indo-European popula- 

 tion of Khwarazm. 



^'Oshanin, L. V., in Srcd. .\z. Univ. Bull. No. 17. pp. 97-101. Selected from 

 summary. 



