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The following sources are recommended by a professor whose research
specialty is the ancient history of Eastern Central
Asia.

Six Superlative Sources

· Barber, E.J.W. The Mummies of Ürümchi. W.W.
Norton, 1999.

· Baumer, Christoph. Southern Silk Road: In
the Footsteps of Sir Aurel Stein and Sven Hedin. Orchid Press, 2000.

· Mair, Victor H., ed. The Bronze Age and
Early Iron Age Peoples of Eastern Central Asia. 2 vols. The Institute for the
Study of Man; The University of Pennsylvania Museum Publications, 1998. Vol. 1:
Archeology, Migration and Nomadism, Linguistics; vol. 2: Genetics and Physical
Anthropology, Metallurgy, Textiles, Geography and Climatology, History, and
Mythology and Ethnology. Contains 47 scholarly papers, plus a substantial
introduction, appendices, maps, hundreds of illustrations, index.

· Mair, Victor H. "Mummies of the Tarim
Basin." Archaeology, 48.2 (March/April, 1995), 28-35.

· Mallory, J.P., with Victor H. Mair. The
Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the
West. Thames and Hudson, 2000.

· Samolin, W. East Turkestan to the Twelfth
Century: A Brief Political Survey. Mouton, 1964.

Other Excellent Sources

· Adams, Douglas Q. "Mummies." Journal of
Indo-European Studies, 23.3-4 (Fall/Winter, 1995), 399-413.

· Allen, Thomas B. Photographs by Reza. "The
Silk Road's Lost World." National Geographic, 189.3 (March, 1996), 44-51.

· Anthony, David W. "Tracking the Tarim
Mummies: A Solution to the Puzzle of Indo-European Origins?" Archaeology, 54.2
(March/April, 2001), 76-84.

· Anthony, David W., and Nikolai B.
Vinogradov. "Birth of the Chariot," Archaeology, 48.2 (March/April, 1995),
36-41.

· Barber, E.J.W. "A Weaver's-Eye View of the
Second Millennium Tarim Basin Finds." Journal of Indo-European Studies, 23.3-4
(Fall/Winter, 1995), 347-355.

· Barber, E.J.W. Prehistoric Textiles: The
Development of Cloth in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages, with Special Reference to
the Aegean. Princeton University Press, 1991.

· Barber, E.J.W. Women's Work: The First
20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times. W.W. Norton, 1994.

· Barber, Paul T. "Mummification in the Tarim
Basin." Journal of Indo-European Studies, 23.3-4 (Fall/Winter, 1995),
309-318.

· Binghua, Wang. "A Preliminary Analysis of
the Archeological Cultures of the Bronze Age in the Region of Xinjiang."
Anthropology and Archeology of Eurasia, 34.4 (Spring 1996), 67-86. Translated by
David Cohen from Sichou zhi lu kaogu yanjiu (Archeological Studies of the Silk
Road) (Xinjiang Renmin, 1993), pp. 146-163. Originally published in Xinjiang
shehui kexue (Xinjiang Social Studies), 4 (1985), 50-61.

· Bower, Bruce. "Early Cross-Cultural Ties
Arise in China." Science News, 150.16 (October 19, 1996), 245.

· Bower, Bruce. "Indo-European Pursuits:
Scientific Paths Diverge in the Quest for Ancient Eurasians." Science News,
147.8 (February 25, 1995), 120-125.

· Cardona, George. "On Attitudes toward
Language in Ancient India." Sino-Platonic Papers, 15 (January, 1990), 19
pages.

· Cavalli-Sforza, L. Luca. Genes, Peoples,
and Languages. North Point (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), 2000.

· Cavalli-Sforza, L. Luca, Paolo Menozzi, and
Alberto Piazza. The History and Geography of Human Genes. Princeton University
Press, 1994.

· Chang, Tsung-tung. "Indo-European
Vocabulary in Old Chinese: A New Thesis on the Emergence of Chinese Language and
Civilization in the Late Neolithic Age." Sino-Platonic Papers, 7 (January,
1988), 56 pages.

· Charpentier, Jarl. "Die ethnographische
Stellung der Tocharer." Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft,
71 (1917), 347-388.

· Chen, Kwang-tzuu, and Fredrik T. Hiebert.
"The Late Prehistory of Xinjiang in Relation to Its Neighbors." Journal of World
Prehistory, 9.2 (1995), 243-300.

· Ch'en, Chien-wen. "Yuezhi minzu ji qi yu
zaoqi Dong-Xi wenhua de guanxi (The Yuezhi People and Their Relationship to
Early East-West Communications)." Taiwan Normal University, Institute of
History, M.A. Thesis, 1996.

· Dani, A.H., and V.M. Masson, eds. History
of Civilizations of Central Asia. Vol. I: The Dawn of Civilization: Earliest
Times to 700 B.C. UNESCO, 1992.

· Debaine-Francfort, Corinne. "Archéologie du
Xinjiang des Origines aux Han. Première Partie." Paléorient, 14.1 (1988),
5-29.

· Debaine-Francfort, Corinne. "Archéologie du
Xinjiang des Origines aux Han. IIème Partie." Paléorient, 15.1 (1989),
183-213.

· Debaine-Francfort, Corinne, and Abduressul
Idriss, eds. Keriya, Mémoires d'un Fleuve: Archéologie et Civilisation des Oasis
du Taklamakan. Findakly, 2001.

· Di Cosmo, Nicola. "Ancient Inner Asian
Nomads: Their Economic Basis and Its Significance in Chinese History." The
Journal of Asian Studies, 53.4 (November, 1994), 1092-1126.

· Di Cosmo, Nicola. "Ancient Xinjiang between
Central Asia and China." Anthropology and Archeology of Eurasia, 34.4 (Spring,
1996), 87-101.

· Drège, Jean-Pierre, and Emil M. Bührer. The
Silk Road Saga. Translated from the French Route de la Soie (1986) by Adrian
Room. Facts on File, 1989.

· Duclayan, Gina. "Scientists Study
Mysterious Chinese Mummies." Today's Science on File, 4.12 (August, 1996),
274-276.

· Francalacci, Paolo. "DNA Analysis of
Ancient Desiccated Corpses from Xinjiang." Journal of Indo-European Studies,
23.3-4 (Fall/Winter, 1995), 385-398.

· Good, Irene. "Notes on a Bronze Age Textile
Fragment from Hami, Xinjiang with Comments on the Significance of Twill."
Journal of Indo-European Studies, 23.3-4 (Fall/Winter, 1995), 319-345.

· Hadingham, Evan. "The Mummies of Xinjiang."
Discover, (April, 1994), 68-77.

· Harmatta, János, B.N. Puri, and G.F.
Etemadi, eds. History of Civilizations of Central Asia. Vol. II: The Development
of Sedentary and Nomadic Civilizations: 700 B.C. to A.D. 250. UNESCO, 1994.

· Heine-Geldern, Robert. "Das Tocharerproblem
und die Pontische Wanderung." Jahrbuch für Universalgeschichte, 2.2 (1951),
225-255, plus 10 plates.

· Hudson, Mark. "Lost Caucasoids of the Tarim
Basin." In Paul G. Bahn, ed., Tombs, Graves and Mummies. Weidenfeld and
Nicolson, 1996, pp. 152-153.

· Jettmar, K. "Die Tocharer, ein Problem der
ethnischen Anthropologie?" Homo, 47.1-3 (1996), 34-42.

· Kamberi, Dolkun. "The Three Thousand Year
Old Chärchän Man Preserved at Zaghunluq: Abstract Account of a Tomb Excavation
in Chärchän County of Uyghuristan." Sino-Platonic Papers, 44 (January, 1994), 15
pages.

· Kangxin, Han. "The Study of Ancient Human
Skeletons from Xinjiang, China." Sino-Platonic Papers, 51 (November, 1994), 9
pages plus 4 figures.

· Mair, Victor H. "The Bronze Age and Iron
Age Peoples of Eastern Central Asia: Progress Report." Early China News, 8
(1995), 1, 5-11.

· Mair, Victor H. "Language and Script;
Biology, Archeology, and (Pre)history." International Review of Chinese
Linguistics, 1.1 (1996), 31-41 (bibliography on pp. 47-50).

· Mair, Victor H., ed. The Mummified Remains
Found in the Tarim Basin. A collection of papers in The Journal of Indo-European
Studies, 23.3-4 (Fall/Winter, 1995). Includes articles by the editor, Paul T.
Barber, Irene Good, E.J.W. Barber, XU Wenkan, J.P. Mallory, Paolo Francalacci,
Douglas Q. Adams, Edwin G. Pulleyblank, James Opie, and Donald Ringe.

· Mair, Victor H. "Prehistoric Caucasoid
Corpses of the Tarim Basin." Journal of Indo-European Studies, 23.3-4
(Fall/Winter, 1995), 281-307.

· Mair, Victor H. "Progress Report for
Project Entitled 'A Study of the Genetic Composition of Ancient Desiccated
Corpses from Xinjiang (Sinkiang), China.'" Early China News, 6 (Fall, 1993), 1,
4-9.

· Mair, Victor H. "Old Sinitic 'myag,' Old
Persian 'magus,' and English 'Magician.'" Early China, 15 (1990), 27-47.

· Mair, Victor H. "Whose Ancestors Are They?"
Anthropology Newsletter, 38.1 (January, 1997), 9-11.

· Mallory, J.P. In Search of the
Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology and Myth. Thames and Hudson, 1989.

· Mallory, J.P. Report: "Conference on the
Bronze Age and Iron Age Peoples of Eastern Central Asia, University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology, Philadelphia, April 19-21,
1996." UCLA Friends and Alumni of Indo-European Studies Newsletter, 6.1 (August,
1996), 8-9.

· Mallory, J.P. "Speculations on the Xinjiang
Mummies." Journal of Indo-European Studies, 23.3-4 (Fall/Winter, 1995),
371-384.

· Millward, James A. "Spotlight on the Silk
Road." Archaeology, 46.4 (July-August, 1993), 24-25, 68.

· Narain, A.K. "Indo-Europeans in Inner
Asia." In Denis Sinor, ed., The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia. Cambridge
University Press, 1990, pp. 151-176, 445-449.

· O'Brien, Ellen. "Mystery of the Mummies."
The Philadelphia Inquirer (April 15, 1996), F1, F9.

· Opie, James. "Xinjiang Remains and 'The
Tocharian Problem.'" Journal of Indo-European Studies, 23.3-4 (Fall/Winter,
1995), 431-437.

· Powledge, Tabitha M., and Mark Rose. "The
Great DNA Hunt: Genetic Archaeology Zeroes in on the Origins of Modern Humans."
Archaeology, 49.5 (September-October, 1996), 36-44.

· Pugachenkova, G.A., S.R. Dar, R.C. Sharma,
and M.A. Joyenda, in collaboration with H. Siddiqi. "Kushan Art." In János
Harmatta, ed., History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Vol. II, UNESCO, 1994,
pp. 331-395.

· Pulleyblank, Edwin G. "Chinese and
Indo-Europeans." Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, (1966), 9-39.

· Pulleyblank, Edwin G. "Why Tocharians?"
Journal of Indo-European Studies, 23.3-4 (Fall/Winter, 1995), 415-430.

· Reid, Howard. In Search of the Immortals:
Mummies, Death and the Afterlife. Headline, 1999; St. Martin's, 2001.

· Ringe, Donald. "Tocharians in Xinjiang: The
Linguistic Evidence." Journal of Indo-European Studies, 23.3-4 (Fall/Winter,
1995), 439-444.

· Rolle, Renate. The World of the Scythians.
University of California Press, 1989. Translated by F.G. Walls from the German
version, Die Welt der Skythen. C.J. Bucher, 1980.

· Spindler, Konrad. The Man in the Ice: The
Discovery of a 5,000-Year-Old Body Reveals the Secrets of the Stone Age.
Harmony, 1994. Translated by Ewald Osers from the original German version, Mann
im Eis. C. Bertelsman, 1994; copyright 1993 by University of Innsbruck.

· Time-Life Books, ed. Early Europe:
Mysteries in Stone. A volume in the Lost Civilizations Series. Time-Life Books,
1995, pp. 149-157. Includes an excellent presentation on the ancient people of
the Tarim Basin and surrounding areas in the context of their relationship to
European civilization.

· Wenkan, XU. "The Discovery of the Xinjiang
Mummies and Studies of the Origin of the Tocharians." Journal of Indo-European
Studies, 23.3-4 (Fall/Winter, 1995), 357-369.

· Wenkan, XU. "Summary Report on the
'International Conference on the Bronze Age and Iron Age Peoples of Eastern
Central Asia.'" Xiyu Yanjiu (Western Regions Studies), 3 (1996), 77-85.

· Wilford, John Noble. "Mummies, Textiles
Offer Evidence Of Europeans in Far East." The New York Times, (May 7, 1996), C1,
C8.

· Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu Bowuguan (Xinjiang
Uighur Autonomous Regional Museum), ed. Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu Bowuguan
(Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Regional Museum). Wenwu Chubanshe; Kôdansha,
1991.

· Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu Shehui Kexue Yuan
Kaogu Yanjiusuo (Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region Academy of Social Sciences
Institute of Archeology), ed. Xinjiang Gudai Minzu Wenwu (Cultural Relics of the
Ancient Peoples of Xinjiang). Wenwu Chubanshe, 1985.

· Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu Shehui Kexue Yuan
Kaogu Yanjiusuo (Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region Academy of Social Sciences
Institute of Archeology), ed. Xinjiang Kaogu Sanshi Nian (Thirty Years of
Xinjiang Archeology). Xinjiang Renmin Chubanshe, 1983.

· Zhao, Feng, and Zhiyong Yu, eds. Legacy of
the Desert King: Textiles and Treasures Excavated at Niya on the Silk Road.
China National Silk Museum; Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology, 2000.

· Zhimin, A.N. "Shilun Zhongguo de Zaoqi
Tongqi (A Tentative Discussion on China's Early Copper/Bronze Implements)."
Kaogu (Archaeology), 12 (1993), 1110-1119.

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