Book Details
J. P. Mallory, archaeologist and leading authority on the Indo-Europeans, and Victor Mair, instigator of much of the recent research on the Tarim burials, describe the discovery of the enigmatic mummies, and reveal the latest attempts of Chinese and Western scientists to explain their origin and ethnic identity. The book examines the clues left by physical remains; their economy, technology and textiles (some of the mummies even wore tartans); and the later traces of the languages of the Tarim region. The trail ultimately leads to two major contenders: the Indo-Iranians, the masters of the Eurasian steppes who poured south into the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, India and China, and the Tocharians, the most elusive of the major branches of Indo-Europeans.
Lavishly illustrated and authoritatively written, The Tarim Mummies is the definitive account for general reader and scholar alike of one of the most extraordinary archaeological discoveries of recent times.
- Binding Others
- Author/s Mair, Victor H. / Mallory, J. P.
- ISBN13 9780500051016
- ISBN10 0500051011
- Pages 352
- Published 2000
The Tarim mummies (Ancient China and the mystery of the earliest peoples from the West)
- Author Victor H. Mair , J. P. Mallory
- Publisher THAMES & HUDSON
- ISBN 9780500051016
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