SKELETONS EXCAVATED IN NORTH KURGAN. 487 
extending a foot or so beyond the body on all sides. The weight of the earth 
above had broken in the skull along the sutures and also warped it out of shape, 
so that no measurements could be made, but as it lay in position the effect of its 
shape seemed markedly brachycephalic. 
Skeleton No. 3.—In this same terrace I, we came upon two other skeletons 
at the same level (+ 28 feet). One, very small, was left unexcavated in the east 
wall of the terrace, but the other, also in the east wall, I laid bare. The main axis 
of the body was southwest and northeast as far as could be determined by the few 
bones preserved. The body had evidently lain on its back, with the skull propped 
up in such a way that it now was set squarely on its base and lower jaw fitted 
over the first two vertebre so as almost to suggest a dislocation of the neck. The 
left leg was extended straight down the main axis northeast from the skull, but 
the right knee was slightly bent and thrown over to the right above it. Only 
six of the ribs remained, all on the left side, and the top of the cranium had broken 
down, leaving only the side-walls and lower portions in place. (See fig. 536.) 
Fig. 534.—No. 5, Terrace I. Fig. 535.—No. 2, Terrace I. Fig. 536.—No. 3, Terrace I. 
Skeleton No. 4.—The next burial was found at a height of + 27 feet in the third 
terrace and more nearly approached adult size than any laid bare up to this 
time. The cranial sutures were not, however, closed and the ossification of the 
epiphyses was not complete in the limb-bones. 
The body lay contracted on its right side with the main axis southeast and 
northwest. Both arms were drawn up as if to bring the hands (which were lacking) 
in front of the face, the left above the right. From the top of the badly broken 
cranium to the end of the spine measured 23 inches and from the back of the spine 
across to the ends of the leg bones was but 13 inches. (See fig. 537.) 
Skeleton No. 6.—At a height of + 26 feet in the second terrace the workmen 
broke with their picks into the skull of a child’s body that on examination gave 
