TY - BOOK AU - Barber,E.J.W. TI - The mummies of Ürümchi SN - 0393045218 AV - GN778.32.C5 B37 1999 U1 - 393/.3 21 PY - 1999/// CY - New York PB - W.W. Norton & Company KW - Mummies KW - China KW - Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu KW - Bronze age KW - Textile fabrics, Prehistoric KW - gtt KW - Textiel KW - Mumie KW - swd KW - Textilkunst KW - Vor- und Frühgeschichte KW - Tarim Basin (China) KW - Antiquities KW - Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) KW - Sinkiang N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - 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 ER -