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9780393320190

The Mummies of Urumchi

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  • ISBN13:

    9780393320190

  • ISBN10:

    0393320197

  • Edition: 00
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-04-17
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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Summary

Some of Ürümchi's mummies date back as far as 4,000 years'”contemporary with the famous Egyptian mummies but even more beautifully preserved. Surprisingly, these prehistoric people are not Asian but Caucasoid'”tall, large-nosed and blond with thick beards and round eyes. What were these blond Caucasians doing in the heart of Asia? What language did they speak? Might they be related to a "lost tribe" known from later inscriptions? Few clues are offered by their pottery or tools, but their clothes '”woolens that rarely survive more than a few centuries'”have been preserved as brightly hued as the day they were woven. Elizabeth Wayland Barber describes these remarkable mummies and their clothing, and deduces their path to this remote, forbidding place. The result is a book like no other'”a fascinating unveiling of an ancient, exotic, nearly forgotten world. A finalist for the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize.

Author Biography

Elizabeth Wayland Barber, archaeologist, linguist, and a world authority on ancient textiles, teaches at Occidental College in California

Table of Contents

Preface 11(17)
Mystery Mummies
17(6)
A Man with Ten Hats
23(24)
Plus Three Women and a Baby
47(24)
The ``Beauty of Loulan''
71(18)
The Early Explorers
89(22)
Tokharians and Other Hairy Barbarians
111(20)
Hami and Hallstatt
131(18)
The Oasis Hoppers and Their Kin
149(20)
Pulses in the Heart of a Continent
169(28)
Sands of the Silk Road, Sands of Time
197(18)
Notes on Sources 215(12)
Bibliography 227(6)
Index 233

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