The silk roads of the northern Tibetan plateau during the early middle ages (from the Han to Tang dynasty) : as reconstructed from archaeological and written sources / Tao Tong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tong, Tao, 1975-

Series:

BAR international series ; 2521.

BAR international series ; 2521

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trade routes.

History.

Silk Road--Antiquities.

Silk Road.

Tibetan Plateau--Antiquities.

Tibetan Plateau.

Trade routes--China--Qinghai Sheng--History--To 1500.

China--Qinghai Sheng.

Physical Description:

xi, 195 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Archaeopress, 2013.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. The natural environment of the northern Tibetan plateau

3. Transport routes on the northern Tibetan plateau as mentioned in Chinese sources

4. Archaeological materials of the Han and Jin periods (3rd century BC-3rd century AD)

5. Archaeological study of sites on the northern Tibetan plateau along the silk road during the early Tuyuhun period (4th-mid 7th century AD)

6. Archaeological study of sites on the northern Tibetan plateau along the silk road during the Tubo period (the later Tuyuhun period, mid 7th-8th century AD)

7. Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-195).

ISBN:

1407311395

9781407311395

OCLC:

853063230