Chinese silk on the Ukok Plateau in the fifth century B.C.E. represents long-distance trade of considerable sophistication.

The silk had not been made locally; it had traveled hundreds or thousands of kilometers from workshops in the east, making it among the most prestigious textiles available.

The presence of Chinese silk in her burial suggests either that she personally had access to trade goods from distant origins, or that her community was connected to the networks through which such goods moved.

Either way, it indicates that the Pazyryk world was not isolated from the broader ancient world.