Author: Barber, E. J. W. (Elizabeth J. Wayland), 1940-

The mummies of Ürümchi
Date1999
Publish_locationNew York
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition1st ed.
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
Series
ShelfStacks
Call NumberGN778.32.C5 B37 1999
Description240 p., [16] p. of plates : ill (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Note

The mummies of Ürümchi / Elizabeth Wayland Barber.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mystery mummies -- A man with ten hats -- Plus three women and a baby -- The "beauty of Loulan" -- The early explorers -- Tokharians and other hairy barbarians -- Hami and Hallstatt -- The oasis hoppers and their kin -- Pulses in the heart of a continent -- Sands of the silk road, sands of time.

Examines the mummies located in the museums of Ürümchi, in Chinese Turkestan, which are from a blond Caucasian group of people dating as much as 4,000 years ago.

 

SubjectXinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu 新疆維吾爾自治區--Antiquities Xinjiang Sheng 新疆省--Antiquities Bronze age-- Asia, Central Mummies--China--Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu Bronze age--China--Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu Textile fabrics, Prehistoric-- China--Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu Tarim Basin (China)--Antiquities
ISBN0393045218 ; 9780393045215
LCCN98018958