The Resource Silk, slaves, and stupas : material culture of the Silk Road, Susan Whitfield
Silk, slaves, and stupas : material culture of the Silk Road, Susan Whitfield
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The item Silk, slaves, and stupas : material culture of the Silk Road, Susan Whitfield represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
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- Summary
- "Following her bestselling Life Along the Silk Road, Susan Whitfield widens her exploration of the great cultural highway with another captivating portrait through the experience of things. Silk, Slaves, and Stupas tells the stories of ten very different objects, considering their interaction with the peoples and cultures of the Silk Road--those who made them, carried them, received them, used them, sold them, worshipped them, and, in more recent times, bought them, conserved them, and curated them. From a delicate pair of earrings from a steppe tomb to a massive stupa deep in Central Asia, a hoard of Kushan coins stored in an Ethiopian monastery to a Hellenistic glass bowl from a southern Chinese tomb, and a fragment of Byzantine silk wrapping the bones of a French saint to a Bactrian ewer depicting episodes from the Trojan War, these objects show us something of the cultural diversity and interaction along these trading routes of Afro-Eurasia. Exploring the labor, tools, materials, and rituals behind these various objects, Whitfield infuses her narrative with delightful details as the objects journey through time, space, and meaning. Silk, Slaves, and Stupas is a lively and unique approach to understanding the Silk Road and the cultural, economic, and technical changes of the late antiquity and medieval periods"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 339 pages, 19 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- A pair of steppe earrings
- A hellenistic glass bowl
- A hoard of Kushan coins
- Amluk Dara Stupa
- A Bactrian Ewer
- A Khotanese plaque
- The Blue Qur'an
- A Byzantine hunter silk
- A Chinese almanac
- The unknown slave
- Isbn
- 9780520281783
- Label
- Silk, slaves, and stupas : material culture of the Silk Road
- Title
- Silk, slaves, and stupas
- Title remainder
- material culture of the Silk Road
- Statement of responsibility
- Susan Whitfield
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Following her bestselling Life Along the Silk Road, Susan Whitfield widens her exploration of the great cultural highway with another captivating portrait through the experience of things. Silk, Slaves, and Stupas tells the stories of ten very different objects, considering their interaction with the peoples and cultures of the Silk Road--those who made them, carried them, received them, used them, sold them, worshipped them, and, in more recent times, bought them, conserved them, and curated them. From a delicate pair of earrings from a steppe tomb to a massive stupa deep in Central Asia, a hoard of Kushan coins stored in an Ethiopian monastery to a Hellenistic glass bowl from a southern Chinese tomb, and a fragment of Byzantine silk wrapping the bones of a French saint to a Bactrian ewer depicting episodes from the Trojan War, these objects show us something of the cultural diversity and interaction along these trading routes of Afro-Eurasia. Exploring the labor, tools, materials, and rituals behind these various objects, Whitfield infuses her narrative with delightful details as the objects journey through time, space, and meaning. Silk, Slaves, and Stupas is a lively and unique approach to understanding the Silk Road and the cultural, economic, and technical changes of the late antiquity and medieval periods"--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- CU-S/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1960-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Whitfield, Susan
- Dewey number
- 950.1
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DS33.1
- LC item number
- .W46 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Silk Road
- Asia
- Material culture
- Antiquities
- Material culture
- Asia
- Asia
- Label
- Silk, slaves, and stupas : material culture of the Silk Road, Susan Whitfield
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A pair of steppe earrings -- A hellenistic glass bowl -- A hoard of Kushan coins -- Amluk Dara Stupa -- A Bactrian Ewer -- A Khotanese plaque -- The Blue Qur'an -- A Byzantine hunter silk -- A Chinese almanac -- The unknown slave
- Control code
- on1005693994
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xi, 339 pages, 19 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780520281783
- Lccn
- 2018001196
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40028084473
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), color maps
- Stock number
- 14871323
- Label
- Silk, slaves, and stupas : material culture of the Silk Road, Susan Whitfield
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A pair of steppe earrings -- A hellenistic glass bowl -- A hoard of Kushan coins -- Amluk Dara Stupa -- A Bactrian Ewer -- A Khotanese plaque -- The Blue Qur'an -- A Byzantine hunter silk -- A Chinese almanac -- The unknown slave
- Control code
- on1005693994
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xi, 339 pages, 19 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780520281783
- Lccn
- 2018001196
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40028084473
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), color maps
- Stock number
- 14871323
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