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How did tartan-wearing Indo-Europeans come to be in Asia 2,000 years beforeWest and East admitted each other’s existence? Describing their discovery of the Tarim Mummies and revealing the attempts of scientists to determine their ethnic identity, the authors examine all the evidence connected with the mummies, including textiles and languages of the Tarim region, in this acclaimed tour-de-force of scholarship. Contents Introduction: Rediscovery 1 Beyond the Centres: Tarim Between East and West 2 East Central Asia: Players at the Centre of the Board 3 The Linguistic Landscape 4 The Testimony of the Hoe 5 The Mummies Themselves 6 Tartans in the Tarim 7 Skulls, Genes and Knights with Long Swords 8 The Usual Suspects: The Indo-Iranians 9 Tocharian Trekkers 10 Who Were the Mummies? 11 Legacy Appendix One: On the Tocharian Problems Appendix Two: Radiocarbon Dates From Selected Sites Bibliography Sources of Illustrations Acknowledgments Index How did tartan-wearing Indo-Europeans come to be in Asia 2,000 years before West and East admitted each others existence? Describing their discovery of the Tarim Mummies and revealing the attempts of scientists to determine their ethnic identity, the authors examine all the evidence connected with the mummies, including textiles and languages of the Tarim region, in this acclaimed tour-de-force of scholarship Describing the discovery of the Tarim Mummies and revealing the attempts of scientists to determine their ethnic identity, this book examines the evidence connected with the mummies, including textiles and languages of the Tarim region.