The Ayala Mazar-Xiaohe culture: new archaeological discoveries in the Taklamakan desert, China.
Asian Aff (Lond)
; 42(1): 49-69, 2011.
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| ID: mdl-21305797
This article, accompanied by colour photos, records the author's recent archaeological expedition in the Taklamakan Desert. His advance northwards along the now mostly sand-covered beds of the Keriya River proved to be a march backward through time, from the Iron Age city of Jumbulakum to the early Bronze Age necropolis of Ayala Mazar. The artifacts he found are contemporary with, and similar to Chinese discoveries at Xiaohe. This proves that Xiaohe was not an isolated case and provides evidence for a whole culture based on some sort of fertility cult. The remains also suggest that some, at least, of the peoples concerned had Indo-European affiliations.
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Medicinas_tradicionales_de_asia
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Medicina_china
Asunto principal:
Arqueología
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Valores Sociales
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Grupos Raciales
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Fertilidad
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Antropología Cultural
Tipo de estudio:
Qualitative_research
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
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En
Revista:
Asian Aff (Lond)
Año:
2011
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Article
País de afiliación:
Suiza