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020			_a9780520281776 (cloth : alk. paper)
020			_a9780520281783 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020			_z9780520957664 (e-edition)
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050	0	0	_aDS33.1 _b.W46 2018
100	1		_aWhitfield, Susan, _d1960- _99494
245	1	0	_aSilk, Slaves, and Stupas : _bMaterial Culture of the Silk Road / _cSusan Whitfiel.
260			_aOakland, California : _bUniversity of California Press, _c2018.
300			_axi, 339 p. : _bill., color maps ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 273-312) and index.
505	0		_aA pair of steppe earrings -- A hellenistic glass bowl -- A hoard of Kushan coins -- Amluk Dara Stupa -- A Bactrian Ewer -- A Khotanese plaque -- The Blue Qur'an -- A Byzantine hunter silk -- A Chinese almanac -- The unknown slave.
520			_a"Following her bestselling Life Along the Silk Road, Susan Whitfield widens her exploration of the great cultural highway with another captivating portrait through the experience of things. Silk, Slaves, and Stupas tells the stories of ten very different objects, considering their interaction with the peoples and cultures of the Silk Road--those who made them, carried them, received them, used them, sold them, worshipped them, and, in more recent times, bought them, conserved them, and curated them. From a delicate pair of earrings from a steppe tomb to a massive stupa deep in Central Asia, a hoard of Kushan coins stored in an Ethiopian monastery to a Hellenistic glass bowl from a southern Chinese tomb, and a fragment of Byzantine silk wrapping the bones of a French saint to a Bactrian ewer depicting episodes from the Trojan War, these objects show us something of the cultural diversity and interaction along these trading routes of Afro-Eurasia. Exploring the labor, tools, materials, and rituals behind these various objects, Whitfield infuses her narrative with delightful details as the objects journey through time, space, and meaning. Silk, Slaves, and Stupas is a lively and unique approach to understanding the Silk Road and the cultural, economic, and technical changes of the late antiquity and medieval periods"--Provided by publisher.
651		0	_aSilk Road _xHistory. _93167
651		0	_aAsia _xAntiquities. _99495
650		0	_aMaterial culture _zSilk Road. _99496
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