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Table of Contents
- Looking towards the West – how the Chinese viewed the Romans
2. Textiles and Trade in South Asia during the Proto-Historic and Early Historic PeriodJ. Mark Kenoyer3. Word migration on the Silk Road: the etymology of English silk and its congenersAdam Hyllested
4. Silk production and trade in the Roman EmpireBerit Hildebrandt
5. Perspectives on the wide world of luxury in later Antiquity: silk and other exotic textiles found in Syria and EgyptThelma K. Thomas
6. Decoration, astrology and empire: inscribed silk from Niya in the Taklamakan DesertLillian Lan-ying Tseng
7. Domestic, wild or unravelled? A study on tabby, taqueté and jin with spun silk from Yingpan, Xinjiand, thierd-fourth centuriesZhao Feng
8. Chinese silks that circulated among people north and west: implications for technological exchanges in early times?Angela Sheng
Reviews & Quotes
"This volume will appeal to the specialist focused on ancient textiles, but there is more on offer here. The lines of communication and extent of knowledge about and between the cultures at the eastern and western limits of the Silk Road and in the many regions that acted as intermediaries are topics that will have wider significance to scholars and students."
Claudia Sagona
Ancient Near Eastern Studies
(25/07/2018)
"“There is much here to engage the expert but we might hope that others may also learn more about a subject which was far more conspicuous in antiquity than most that occupy archaeologists, and therefore perhaps a more valuable guide to our understanding of people, places and motives.” "
John Boardman
Ancient West & East