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Title: The Cultures of Ancient Xinjiang, Western China: Crossroads of the Silk Roads
Condition: New
Author: Peter Weiming Jia
Contributor: Peter Weiming Jia (Edited by), Alison Betts (Edited by), Angelo Andrea Di Castro (Edited by), Marika Vicziany (Edited by)
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 178969406X
EAN: 9781789694062
ISBN: 9781789694062
Publisher: Access Archaeology
Release Date: 19/12/2019
Description: The Cultures of Ancient Xinjiang, Western China: Crossroads of the Silk Roads unveils the ancient secrets of Xinjiang, western China, one of the least known but culturally rich and complex regions located at the heart of Asia. Historically, Xinjiang has been the geographic hub of the Silk Roads, serving international links between cultures to the west, east, north and south. Trade, artefacts, foods, technologies, ideas, beliefs, animals and people have traversed the glacier covered mountain and desert boundaries. Perhaps best known for the Taklamakan desert, whose name translates in the Uyghur language as ‘You can go in, you will never come out’, here the region is portrayed as the centre of an ancient Bronze Age culture, revealed in the form of the famous Tarim Mummies and their grave goods. Three authoritative chapters by Chinese archaeologists appear here for the first time in English, giving international audiences direct access to the latest research ranging from the central-eastern Xiaohe region to the western valleys of the Bortala and Yili Rivers. Other contributions by European, Australian and Chinese archaeologists address the many complexities of the cultural exchanges that ranged from Mongolia, through to Kashgar, South Asia, Central Asia and finally Europe in pre-modern times.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 290mm
Item Length: 205mm
Item Weight: 797g
Genre: History
Item Width: 9mm
Release Year: 2019

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