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| The rediscovery and complete excavation of Ordek's Necropolis | |
| Mair, Victor H. | |
| 通讯作者 | Mair, VH (corresponding author), Univ Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA. |
| 来源期刊 | JOURNAL OF INDO-EUROPEAN STUDIES
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| ISSN | 0092-2323 |
| 出版年 | 2006 |
| 卷号 | 34期号:3-4页码:273-318 |
| 英文摘要 | In the summer of 1934, the Swedish archeologist, Folke Bergman, discovered an important Bronze Age burial ground in the desert about a hundred miles to the west of the fabled ruins of Kroraina (Uyghur: Kroran; Modern Standard Mandarin [MSM]: Loulan). This hillock-shaped cemetery came to be known as Ordek's Necropolis, but is more precisely referred to as Small River Cemetery Number 5 (in MSM it is called Xiaohe Mudi). After Bergman in 1939 published a detailed report on his investigations at the cemetery, the site went unvisited for more than half a century until the year 2000, when it was rediscovered by a Chinese documentary crew using Global Positioning System instrumentation. In the three seasons between 2002 and 2005, the Small River Cemetery has been extensively excavated, and an abundant amount of textiles, ornaments, implements, and other artifacts have been recovered. In addition, more than thirty well-preserved mummies, together with the coffins in which they were buried, were exhumed from the sandy necropolis. These latest findings match those of Bergman very closely, but multiply them greatly. Although it will take years to analyze all of the new materials, already we can draw some important inferences from them about the religious beliefs and practices of the community who buried their dead here. The recent excavations have also yielded rich resources for the study of the ethnic identity and cultural affiliations of the deceased. The present paper is the first technically oriented introduction in English to the surveys and excavations carried out by Uyghur and Chinese archeologists during the past five years. |
| 类型 | Article |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 收录类别 | AHCI |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000243859100001 |
| WOS类目 | Humanities, Multidisciplinary |
| WOS研究方向 | Arts & Humanities - Other Topics |
| 资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/360369 |
| 作者单位 | Univ Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Mair, Victor H.. The rediscovery and complete excavation of Ordek's Necropolis[J],2006,34(3-4):273-318. |
| APA | Mair, Victor H..(2006).The rediscovery and complete excavation of Ordek's Necropolis.JOURNAL OF INDO-EUROPEAN STUDIES,34(3-4),273-318. |
| MLA | Mair, Victor H.."The rediscovery and complete excavation of Ordek's Necropolis".JOURNAL OF INDO-EUROPEAN STUDIES 34.3-4(2006):273-318. |
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