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Copper and Bronze Metallurgy in Late Prehistoric Xinjiang: Its cultural context and relationship with neighbouring regions

Jianjun Mei
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It is only in the last couple of decades that the crucial importance of the westernmost province of China (formerly known as Chinese Turkestan) for the prehistoric period, and specifically for the bronze and iron ages, has come to be recognized. It has come to public attention through the excavation and study of the so called Xinjiang 'mummies', in fact desiccated human burials (with wonderfully preserved textiles) going back to before 1000 BCE. The present volume offers the first coherent study of the later prehistory of this region to be available in English, and the first in any language to give a detailed treatment of what is now known of its early metallurgy. In this field the author has been a pioneer, and his metallurgical analyses and his study of the important mining and smelting site at Nulasai here begin the necessary task of reconstructing the early history of metallurgy in Central Asia.
  • Front Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Table of Contents
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 2. BRONZE AGE AND IRON AGE CULTURES OF XINJIANG
  • Chapter 3. TYPOLOGICAL STUDIES OF EARLY METAL ARTEFACTS FROM XINJIANG
  • Chapter 4. METALLURGICAL ANALYSES OF EARLY METAL SAMPLES FROM XINJIANG
  • Chapter 5. A STUDY OF THE NULASAI MINING AND SMELTING SITE IN NILEKE
  • Chapter 6. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN XINJIANG AND ITS NEIGHBORS
  • Chapter 7. CONCLUSIONS
  • MAPS, FIGURES AND TABLES
  • Appendix I. RADIOCARBON DETERMINATIONS AND CALIBRATED DATES FOR THE LATE PREHISTORIC SITES IN XINJIANG, CHINA
  • Appendix II. NAMES OF GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS, SITES, AND CULTURES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Published: 2000
Publisher: BAR Publishing
ISBN(s)
  • 9781841710686 (paperback)
  • 9781407352022 (ebook)
BAR Number: S865
Subject
  • Metallurgy / Mining
  • Bronze Age and Iron Age
  • Central and South Asia
  • Metal Objects
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