NO. 13 SOVIET ANTHROPOLOGY — FIELD I87 



occupied an intermediary position. Dark brown shades were more 

 frequently found in central-eastern than in southwestern Darvaz. 



Beard color 



Color Fischrr's scale Percent 



Black 27 2^.6l 



Dark brown 4-5 60.14 



Light brown 6-7 7^jS^ 



Light f^i2 3^6 



Red 1-3 1. 16 



The geographical distribution follows that of hair color. For 

 example, the Pendzhikent Tajiks are lij^hler ; the Pskcm \'alley Tajiks 

 are still lighter. The Issyk-Kul Kirghiz are pigmented very similarly 

 to the Mountain Tajiks. The Uzbeks of Khwarazm, especially from 

 Karshi and Shakhrasiab and the Karshi Jews are all more lightly 

 pigmented than the Tajiks. In distribution of Nos. 4 and 27, the 

 Jews are closer to the Tajiks than to the Uzbeks. Beard color is 

 lighter according to lArkho and Oshanin. However, the ])eards of 

 the Uzbeks and the Jews arc darker than those of the Tajiks and do 

 not show as much difference in hair color as among the Tajiks. 



In general, the Mountain Tajiks are a light-skinned people, but 

 have strongly pigmented hair and irides ; they have a very small 

 admixture of low-pigmented elements. The Tajiks from southwestern 

 Darvaz are more deeply pigmented than the Tajiks from other regions. 



Beard Development 



The distribution of degree of beard growth as recorded on 427 

 males, aged 24 to 50, was recorded in percentages on the following 

 scheme : 



No. Descriptive category 



= complete lack of beard. 



1 = very scanty growth on cither chin or cheeks. 



2 ^ weak growth on chin and checks. 



3 = medium growth ; growth on cheeks merging into growtli on chin. 



4 = well-dcvelopcd beard, but not strongly spreading onto neck and checks. 



5 =z well-dcvclopcd beard, spreading strongly onto neck and cheeks. 



N'o I 2 3 4 5 



Percentage 1.17 5.15 14 -7^ ^S£i 4tj69 843 



Although the general development of the beard was fairly strong, 

 there were 21.0 percent with weak beards. In Darvaz a stronger 

 beard development than in Karalegin was found. Tajiks from Bukhara 

 (Oshanin) and Ferghana (lArkho) had a weaker beard development 



