UID:
almafu_9959241859802883
Format:
1 online resource (201 pages) :
,
color illustrations, maps.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-78570-282-3
,
1-78570-280-7
Series Statement:
Ancient Textiles Series ; 29
Note:
Intro -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Silk on the Silk Roads. Exchange between East and West in Antiquity Berit Hildebrandt -- 1. Looking towards the West - how the Chinese viewed the Romans Liu Xinru -- 2. Textiles and trade in South Asia during the Proto-Historic and Early Historic Period J. Mark Kenoyer -- 3. Word migration on the Silk Road: the etymology of English silk and its congeners Adam Hyllested -- 4. Silk production and trade in the Roman Empire Berit Hildebrandt -- 5. Perspectives on the wide world of luxury in later Antiquity: silk and other exotic textiles found in Syria and Egypt Thelma K. Thomas -- 6. Decoration, astrology and empire: inscribed silk from Niya in the Taklamakan Desert Lillian Lan-ying Tseng -- 7. Domestic, wild or unraveled? A study on tabby, taqueté and jin with spun silk from Yingpan, Xinjiang, third-fourth centuries Zhao Feng -- 8. Chinese silks that circulated among peoples north and west: implications for technological exchange in early times? Angela Sheng -- Dr. Irene Lee Good (April 24 1958-February 3 2013). An appreciation Robert E. Murowchick, Angela Sheng and Kaoru Ueda.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-78925-551-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-78570-279-3
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
