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of the relative dimensions of the skull and in the orbital and nasal 

 measurements the Kalmyks are close to the Voguls. 



Thus the Mongoloid components of the series are limited to the 

 Central Asiatic and the Paleosiberian, in the larger sense of the word. 

 These differ from Cheboksarov's series in the presence of the latter 

 [Paleosiberian] and in the absence of the South Siberian type. This 

 difference may be explained by geographic reasons, since the author's 

 data are limited to the central portion of the area inhabited by the 

 Kalmyks, while Cheboksarov studied the populations of the western 

 regions, where the Kalmyks were strongly mixed with the Nogais 

 among whom the South Siberian type is strongly represented (cf. 

 Trofimova, 1936). 



The presence of the dolichocephalic Mongoloid element, discovered 

 by the authors, may be explained historically. The territory of the 

 formation of the Oirot feudal union in ancient times formed part of 

 the Great Hun State.^^ One of the craniological types of the Huns 

 described by Bartucz ^* was found by Roginskii to be very close to 

 the Paleosiberian type. The relations of the Oirot Union in the later 

 period with the more northerly regions could also account for the 

 introduction of the Paleosiberian type among the Kalmyks. 



THE ULCHI (NANI) CRANIAL TYPE 



Levin ^^ of the Institute of Anthropology, Moscow University, 

 examined 16 male and 11 female crania from Ulchi burials near Ukta, 

 Mongoli, Dudi, and Kolchom settlements in the Amur region. These 

 crania, presented to the Museum in 1936 by A. M. Zolotarev, form 

 the only collection from this area. Golds, Udekhe, Oraks, Negidals, 

 and Amur Giliaks are nowhere represented in Soviet Museums. The 

 crania were mesocephalic, being short, narrow, and of medium height. 

 They had medium slanting foreheads, with weakly developed frontal 

 bosses. The frontoparietal index was low. The occiput of the majority 

 of the crania was angular. 



The face was high and medium broad, with an index of 55.7. The 

 nose was high and medium broad, with a mesorrhine index. The 

 glabella was low. The orbits were high and medium broad, the intra- 



23 lakinf, Historical survey of the Oirots or Kalmyks from the fifteenth 

 century until the present time. Journal of the Ministry of the Interior (Russia), 

 vol. 8, pt. I, p. 33. 



34 Bartucz, Lajos, t)ber die anthropologischen Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen 

 von Moson Szent Janos. SKYTHIKA, vol. 2, Prague, 1929. 



35 Levin, M. G., Kraniologicheskii tip ulchei (Nani) [Cranial type of the 

 Ulchi (Nani)]. AZH, No. i, pp. 82-90, 1937. 



