Barber, E. J. W.,  1940- <br/><br/>
The mummies of Ürümchi / 
Elizabeth Wayland Barber. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  W.W. Norton & Company,  c1999. 
 - 240 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> Examines the mummies located in the museums of Ürümchi, in Chinese Turkestan, which are from a blond Caucasian group of people dating as much as 4,000 years ago. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0393045218 9780393045215 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>98018958  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mummies--China--Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu.<br/>Bronze age--China--Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu.<br/>Textile fabrics, Prehistoric--China--Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu.<br/>Mummies.<br/>Textiel.<br/>Mumie<br/>Textilkunst<br/>Vor- und Frühgeschichte
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Tarim Basin (China)--Antiquities.<br/>Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China)--Antiquities.<br/>Sinkiang
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GN778.32.C5  / B37 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>393/.3