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Author

Barber, E. J. W., 1940-

Title The mummies of Urumchi / Elizabeth Wayland Barber.

Imprint

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, c1999.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	393.30931 B233m	---	Available
Axe Special Collections Adams	393.30931 B233m c.2	---	Lib Use Only

Edition	1st ed.
Description	240 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Mystery mummies -- A man with ten hats -- Plus three women and a baby -- The "beauty of Loulan" -- The early explorers -- Tokharians and other hairy barbarians -- Hami and Hallstatt -- The oasis hoppers and their kin -- Pulses in the heart of a continent -- Sands of the silk road, sands of time.
Subject	Mummies -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu.
	Bronze age -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu.
	Textile fabrics, Prehistoric -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu.
	Tarim Basin (China) -- Antiquities.
	Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) -- Antiquities.
ISBN	0965684067 (pbk.)
	0393045218