Secrets of the Silk Road
Subtitle: an exhibition of discoveries from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China
By: edited by Victor Mair ; with contributions by Elizabeth Wayland Barber ... [et al.].
Contributors: Xinjiang wen wu kao gu yan jiu suo; Bowers Museum
Publisher: Bowers Museum
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Ana, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781616587598
Subjects: Bronze age; Exhibitions; Antiquities
Notes: "Exhibition organized by the Bowers Museum, Santa Ana California, in association with the Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Museum, and the Cultural Heritage Bureau of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region"--T.p.

"Accompanies an exhibition of the same title touring the United States as follows: Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, California - March 28 to July 25, 2010; Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas - August 28 to January 2, 2011; University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia Pennsylvania - February 5 to June 5, 2011"--P. [6]

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-223).
Table of contents: title: PART ONE: Essays on the Silk Road. The archaeology of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region / Victor Mair; title: The Yingpan man / Ulf Jager, Victor Mair; title: Notes on the history of the "Silk Routes" / Lothan von Falkenhausen; title: Early textiles / Elizabeth Waylan Barber; title: Genetic affinities of the Tarim Basin people / Spenser Wells; title: Timeline of the Silk Road; title: PART TWO: Secrets of the Silk Road, a catalog.