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Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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Cambridge University Press, 1999.
- Mallory, J. P., and Victor H. Mair. The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West.
Thames & Hudson, 2000
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Taylor & Francis, Inc., 1995.
- Rosof, L. "Penn Researcher Finds Chinese Mummies' Surprising Roots."
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- Waley, Arthur D. Three Ways of Thought in Ancient China.
Stanford University Press, 1982.
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Day.
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HarperCollins Publishers, 1998.
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Waveland Press, Inc., 1998.
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Hackett Publishing, 2000.
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