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List of Tables
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List of Maps
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List of Figures
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Acknowledgements
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Chapter 1 Introduction
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1.1 About the concepts of the Silk Road and a brief history of research on the Silk Road on the northern Tibetan Plateau
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1.2 Goals of this research
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Chapter 2 The Natural Environment of the Northern Tibetan Plateau
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2.1 The natural environment
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2.2 The population
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Chapter 3 Transport Routes on the northern Tibetan Plateau as Mentioned in Chinese Sources
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3.1 The early records (Pre-Han period)
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3.2 The Han and Jin periods (206 BC-317 AD)
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3.3 The early Tuyuhun period (300-663 AD)
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3.4 The period of Tubo rule (The later Tuyuhun period) (663-842 AD)
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Chapter 4 Archaeological Materials of the Han and Jin Periods (3rd Century BC-3rd Century AD)
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4.1 An overview of the pre-Han culture
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4.2 The Han and Jin cemeteries
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4.3 Han and Jin city-sites and settlements
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4.4 The identity of the inhabitants of the Han and Jin sites
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4.5 Regional cultural interactions as reflected by important artifacts
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4.6 Summary
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Chapter 5 Archaeological Study of Sites on the Northern Tibetan Plateau along the Silk Road during the Early Tuyuhun Period (4th-Mid 7th Century AD)
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5.1 Cemeteries and city-sites
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5.2 Artifacts
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5.3 Summary
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Chapter 6 Archaeological Study of Sites on the Northern Tibetan Plateau along the Silk Road during the Tubo Period (The Later Tuyuhun Period, Mid 7th-8th Century AD)
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6.1 The Tubo-Tuyuhun cemeteries
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6.2 Burial goods
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6.3 The dating of the tombs
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6.4 Important Tang-Tubo fortresses, city-sites and other monuments on the northern Tibetan Plateau
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6.5 The coffin paintings and the reflected cultural panorama
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Chapter 7 Conclusions
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Appendix
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Tables
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Bibliography
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