PUBL.- The Silk Road, Vol. 5, No. 2
Posted by: Daniel C. Waugh <dwaugh@u.washington.edu>
We are pleased to announce the on-line publication of the new issue of
The Silk Road.
The Silkroad Foundation's journal is available in pdf format at:
http://silkroadfoundation.org/newsletter/vol5num2/
Please contact me if you have questions or a contribution for a future
issue of the journal. Note that we cannot take individual
subscriptions to the limited hard-copy version of the journal, which
is distributed only to institutional libraries.
Daniel C. Waugh
Professor Emeritus, University of Washington (Seattle)
Editor
Vol. 5, No. 2 (Winter 2008) contains:
>From the Editor's Desktop: Beyond the Sensational: The
Reiss-Engelhorn-Museums' "Origins of the Silk Road"
A review of the excellent exhibition of archaeological treasures from
Xinjiang on display in Mannheim, Germany until June 1, 2008. Of
particular interest are the numerous textiles and more generally the
artifacts of daily life.
Hermann Parzinger, "The 'Silk Roads' Concept Reconsidered: About
Transfers: Transportation and Transcontinental Interactions in Prehistory."
Recent archaeological finds in Eurasia are documenting the existence
of significant transcontinental exchange well prior to the traditional
"beginnings of the Silk Roads." An important component of this
exchange is to be connected with the Bronze Age Andronovo Culture in
the first half of the 2nd millennium BCE. For the Iron Age in the
first millennium BCE, some of the evidence is in the striking
discoveries from Scythian burials of southern Siberia.
Xu Yongjie, "The Dream and the Glory: Integral Salvage of the Nanhai
No. 1 Shipwreck and Its Significance."
The recent recovery of the Nanhai No. 1 (South China Sea No. 1)
shipwreck off the coast of Guangdong Province is a landmark in
Chinese marine archaeology. The "integral salvage" of this wreck,
dating from the late Song Dynasty and containing a cargo of porcelain,
means that the detailed archaeological work can be carried out in
controlled conditions in the new Marine Silk Road Museum.
Lin Ying, "The Byzantine Element in the Turkic Gold Cup with the Tiger
Handle Excavated at Boma, Xinjiang."
The striking find of early Turk Empire gold objects at Boma in the Ili
Valley region of western Xinjiang in 1997 included a jewel-encrusted
cup with an attached handle cast in the form of a tiger. The likely
origin of this handle was the Byzantine Empire, since there was a
tradition in late Roman times of the making of such feline handles for
precious metalwork, and they then could have been taken to the Turks
as part of the diplomatic exchange of the 6th and 7th centuries. The
Turks were important contributors to exchange along the silk roads.
Bryan K. Miller, Jamsranjav Bayarsaikhan, Tseveendorj Egimaa, and
Christine Lee, "Xiongnu Elite Tomb Complexes in the Mongolian Altai:
Results of the Mongol-American Hovd Archaeology Project, 2007."
A report on the project at Tahiltin-hotgor cemetery co-sponsored by
the Silkroad Foundation and the National Museum of Mongolian History.
A large ramped tomb was excavated and, perhaps of greater interest,
several satellite burials and ritual lines connected with tomb
complexes. The material is important for extending our understanding
of the Xiongnu in an area away from the political center of their
polity. By paying close attention to the satellite features of elite
burials, we can learn a great deal about ritual and society.
Jessieca Jones and Veronica Joseph, "Excavation of a Xiongnu Satellite Burial."
A description of the excavation of the Satellite burial THL-25-2 at
Tahiltin-hotgor cemetery, which contained the well-preserved remains
of a man buried with a number of interesting artifacts.
James T. Williams, "The Tahilt Region: A Preliminary Archaeological Survey of
the Tahilt Surroundings to Contextualize the Tahilt Cemeteries."
The survey of about a 40 square km area containing the Tahiltin-hotgor
cemetery and many other sites dating from the Palaeolithic to the Turk
periods. The article discusses survey methodology and provides an
overview of the results.
Alma Kunanbaeva, "Food as Culture: The Kazakh Experience."
Food, its preparation, and the social practices surrounding its
consumption provide important insights into central cultural concepts
of the Kazakhs. The article discusses the food traditions and
provides as well practical guidance in the preparation of some Kazakh recipes.
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