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The cultures of ancient Xinjiang, western China : crossroads of the Silk Roads /

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, ser...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Betts, A. V. G. (Editor ), Vicziany, Marika (Editor ), Jia, Weiming (Editor ), Di Castro, Angelo Andrea (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd., [2019]
Colección:Archaeopress archaeology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1. Ancient Xinjiang at the International crossroads / Marika Vicziany
  • Chapter 2. Xinjiang in prehistory / Alison Betts
  • Chapter 3. The Xiaohe (Small River) cemetery and the Xiaohe culture / Yidilisi Abuduresule, Wenying Li, Xingjun Hu
  • Chapter 4. Tianshan as a bridge: new studies of Bronze Age archaeology in the Western Tianshan, Xinjiang, China / Dexin Cong
  • Chapter 5. A report on archaeological findings in the Upper Yili Valley / Xuetang Liu
  • Chapter 6. Painted pottery of the Late Bronze Age - Early Iron Age in Central Asia: new data from Southern Uzbekistan / Nikolaus G.O. Boroffka and Leonid M. Sverchkov
  • Chapter 7. Shifting exchange patterns during the Bronze and Iron Ages between China and the West in Eurasia / Henri-Paul Francfort
  • Chapter 8. The Kashgar Oasis: reassessing the historical record / Marika Vicziany and Angelo Andrea Di Castro
  • Chapter 9. The Kashgar Oasis in Buddhist and Pre Buddhist times: the archaeological and environmental record / Angelo Andrea Di Castro, Marika Vicziany and Xuan Zhu
  • Chapter 10. Unravelling farming and metallurgy in ancient China with nuclear science / John Dodson, Pia Atahan and Xiaoqiang Li
  • Chapter 11. Early wheat cultivation and plant use in Xinjiang prehistory: new evidence based on starch analysis / Peter Jia and Florence Chau.