Tarim Mummies Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West
Heftet /
2008
/ Engelsk
Product details
ISBN
9780500283721
Published
2008
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Height
255 mm
Width
174 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
352
Biographical note
J. P. Mallory is a world expert on the interconnection of archaeology and linguistics and is the author of the standard work In Search of the Indo-Europeans and The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European. He has published numerous other works, including the hugely acclaimed The Origins of the Irish. He is Emeritus Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology at Queen’s University Belfast and a member of the Royal Irish Academy.'A gripping tale, told with verve' - Times Higher Education Supplement
'Excellent and informative … This book is essential reading for anyone interested in archaeology and ancient history' - Journal of Anthropological Research
How did tartan-wearing Indo-Europeans come to be in Asia 2,000 years beforeWest and East admitted each other’s existence? Describing their discovery of the Tarim Mummies and revealing the attempts of scientists to determine their ethnic identity, the authors examine all the evidence connected with the mummies, including textiles and languages of the Tarim region, in this acclaimed tour-de-force of scholarship.
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Describing the discovery of the Tarim Mummies and revealing the attempts of scientists to determine their ethnic identity, this book examines the evidence connected with the mummies, including textiles and languages of the Tarim region.
Read more
A fascinating study of the mummies, buried around 4,000 years ago in the Täklimakan desert of western China
Product details
ISBN
9780500283721
Published
2008
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Height
255 mm
Width
174 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
352