Mummies of the Tarim Basin: dessicated remains found in western China point to the spread of Indo-Europeans some 4,000 years ago
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Mummified bodies found in western China appear to be caucasoid, raising questions and suggesting possibilities about the region's history and about prehistoric Eurasian migrations. The mummies are between 2,400 and 4,000 years old and many are remarkably well preserved, including intact clothing of festive hues. Their presence may help reveal the homeland of their people and several related ones, including those who founded the Kush empire in ancient Pakistan. Some of their cloth is distinctively northern European.
Publication Name: Archaeology
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0003-8113
Year: 1995
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The case for mass emigration
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The details of the samples collected from the excavation of Pinnacle Ruin, the most spectacular of the many Alamosa sites are presented. All these samples offer more evidence for the identity of Pinnacle Ruin's inhabitants.
Publication Name: Archaeology
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0003-8113
Year: 2001
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Fire fight at Hembrillo Basin
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Archaeological excavation of the site of an 1880 battle at Hembrillo, New Mexico, between the Ninth Cavalry and the Apache Indians is discussed. This was fought four years after Custer's defeat at Little Big Horn.
Publication Name: Archaeology
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0003-8113
Year: 2001
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