The best-preserved mummies are in the museums of Xinjiang, China. For thousands of years the occupants of the Tarim deserts buried their dead in the desert sands. The mummies' faces are European, and this study tries to explain their origin.
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The best-preserved mummies are in the museums of Xinjiang, China. For thousands of years the occupants of the Tarim deserts buried their dead in the desert sands. The mummies' faces are European, and this study tries to explain their origin.
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Good. 0500051011. 2000, bright clean copy, no marking in text, light marking to boards, no dustjacket, binding tight, Professional booksellers since 1981.
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Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0500051011. B & W and maps; 7 X 1.25 X 10.25 inches; 352 pages; Hardcover, is brown with gold lettering on the spine. Slight rubbing and scuffing to boards. DJ has light rubbing, shelf wear; in a mylar cover. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Illustrated with b/w pictures and maps. "J. P. Mallory and Victor Mair 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." Index.