EXCAVATIONS AND FINDS AT THE NORTH KURGAN. 93 
Many small stones and fragments of stones occurred in the layer between 
the pots and around the older pots, and even somewhat deeper. Presumably 
the earth had been disturbed here. After removing the skeleton there were 
found several flat stones and the fragments of a mealing-stone near the lower 
pot (f), 1.5 feet below its preserved lip, these representing the floor belonging 
to the lower pot. These stones, as well as the pots, were left temporarily in situ, 
while the remainder of the terrace was explored. About 2 feet deeper, signs 
of an older layer appeared in the form of remains of clay walls, the direction 
of two of which could be determined; and in the middle of the terrace, about 
on a level with the preserved top of the wall, there appeared a place with a whitish 
mass (ashes?). At the same time the skeletons of two children appeared, one 
(e¢, No.1) to the north, 
near the top of the 
wall in the western 
side of the terrace, 
and the other (¢, No. 9) 
southwest of the ash 
layer already men- 
tioned, about 8 inches 
below its level. Ashes 
and the hard-burnt 
débris of walls were 
raised from this layer, 
which lay about 4 feet 
deeper than the lip of 
the upper pot (cf. figs. 
29 and 30). Follow- 
ing are the levels: Flat 
stones in situ, +32.5 
feet; ash layer, +30 
feet 7 inches; upper edge of wall, + 30.5 feet; child’s skeleton <, +30 feet 2 inches; 
child’s skeleton £, +29 feet 11 inches; visible lower edge of wall, +28 feet 1 inch. 

Fig. 30.—Pithoi, Hearth, and Walls, etc., in Terrace V. 
STRATIGRAPHIC SUCCESSION, NORTH KURGAN, TERRACES IV AND V, 
If, now, we wish to make clear the relative ages of the enumerated finds 
and their stratigraphic succession, we must treat separately the utensils found in 
place, 7. ¢., the remains of occupation, and the skeletons that occur among them. 
For this purpose we may bring the finds into two parallel columns: 
I 8% 
Ft. In. Ft. In 
Dat Pat Gyula ici. hee Oe dt oo. G AVSKEMEOM: 7) UNOS O} fav Sans vel eas « +36 Oo 
Lipiof pot p.. ose. en ee eee tenes ano |) Skeleton O(NG,-O Je. b..o%ay on... +34 Oo 
IaUNSTOMESE RS rnd Mei aes wiles Ma ota viaventes +32 6 
letmerandiash layer ej. cele) eny all> +30 7 
Top edge of wall... ........-+-ee0es 4430 6.) Gkeletam cet Not) cos. 2 ocx. sek Tapas +30 2 
Deepest point of wall........++++.5. ase, a. ORICON UNO. UO) aa. ku ss vie-aconss 6 +29 11 
