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Along the Silk Road, craft cultures such as weaving, dyeing, woodcarving, pottery, and metalworking flourished, and the diverse designs became a kind of "identification code" that indicated regionality and ethnic groups. The designs of accessories and caps, embroidered patterns, beautiful metal fittings on horse harnesses, and shapes of yurt by nomads are all related to regionality = ethnicity (clan) and gender variations. Folklore and customs hidden in objects have also served as "proverbs" that support religious and behavioral limitations. The function of mind and behavior derived from items might be described as an "ethnography of the co-creation of objects and mind". This study will reveal the cognitive framework of "emotional shaking" ascribed to modern and contemporary material culture on the Silk Road and the structure of "mental co-occurrence" that connects the ancient world to the present. This will utilize the Silk Road's craft culture as a case study to explain archaeology's mutual co-creation of humans, materials, and minds.