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Editors：Gabriela Krist,Liangren Zhang

Publisher：BÖHLAU VERLAG WIEN KÖLN WEIMAR

Publication Year：2018

ISBN: 9783205200444

Contents：

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Preface–University of Applied Arts Vienna　7

Preface–Nanjing University　9

Plagues and Peoples–a Bioarchaeological Perspective on Trade Routes　Michaela Binder　13

Early Wheat Cultivation and Plant Use in Xinjiang Prehistory–New Evidence from Starch Analysis　Peter Weiming Jia, Florence M. Chau　31

Ganchas Historical Building Material and the KundalWall Painting Technique in the Mausoleum Ishrat Khana, Samarkand, Uzbekistan　Steffen Laue, Pamela Kleinmann　49

Ancient Torpedo Jars of Iran (Persian Gulf)　Hossein Tofighian　63

Fragmentary Works of Art from the SimsimGrottoes–Methods of Analysing Detached Wall Paintings from Cave Number 40 under Special Consideration of Resting Soot Deposits　Birgit Angelika Schmidt　83

Archaeological Site of Persepolis (Iran)–the Finishing Technique of the Stone Monuments　Alireza Askari Chaverdi, PierfrancescoCallieri, Marisa LaurenziTabasso, Stefano Ridolfi 95

A Summary on Material Research on Buddhist Mural Paintings from the Northern Silk Road–Pigment Degradation and Laboratory Simulation of their Alteration Mechanisms　Ellen Egel, Stefan Simon, ToralfGabsch, Ina Reiche　109

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Ephesos, the Metropolis of Roman Asia–a City at the Crossroads of East and West　Martin Steskal, Gro Bjornstad　123

Conservation Studies at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and a Diploma Thesis in Ephesus　Gabriela Krist, Barbara Rankl　135

A Gold-Coated Silverware Unearthed from a Tubo Dynasty Cemetery in Dulan County, Qinghai Province　Wang Bohan, Zhou Shuanglin　147

Altai during the Period of the Xiongnu Empire　Alexey A. Tishkin　157

The Materials from Tadjik (Tograklik-akin) in the Collection of the Hermitage–Mikhail Berezovsky Kucha Expedition 1905–1907　Kira Samosiuk　191

Handling with a Taboo in the Academic Education for Conservators-Restorers–the Conservation of the Detached Wall Paintings between Museum’s Exhibition and Recontextualization　Thomas Danzl　201

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