On the question of silk in pre-Han Eurasia

1995/12/01 by Irene Good · 4 citations
Materials Science · Social Sciences · #Silk-based biomaterials and applications #Eurasian Exchange Networks

paper · doi:10.1017/s0003598x00082491

Abstract

When was silk first brought across the steppe from far China towards the European world? There is silk from the Middle Bronze Age of Uzbekistan, in Scythian burials of Siberia and among the Hallstatt grave-goods of western Europe. Teasing out the story of silk depends on identifying the textile, and distinguishing its several varieties apart.

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