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Author | : Li Xiuzhen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Bronze implements |
ISBN | : 9781407356020 |
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Over 40,000 lethal bronze weapons were discovered with thousands of terracotta warriors in the tomb complex of the Qin First Emperor (259-210 BC). This book presents the first systematic and comprehensive study on these weapons to investigate the mass production and labour organisation in early imperial China. The research draws upon extensive measurements, typological analysis and related statistical treatment, as well as a study of the spatial distribution of the bronze weapons. A combination of metrical and spatial data is used to assess the degree of standardisation of the weapons' production, and to evaluate the spatial patterns in the array of the Terracotta Army. Integrating these insights with inscriptions, tool marks, and chemical analysis, this is a study of mass production, the behaviour of craftspeople, and related imperial logistical organisation in the Qin Dynasty.
Author | : Xiuzhen Li |
Publisher | : British Archaeological Reports (Oxford Limited |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2020-07-28 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781407316901 |
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Over 40,000 lethal bronze weapons were discovered with thousands of terracotta warriors in the tomb complex of the Qin First Emperor (259-210 BC). This book carries out the first systematic and comprehensive study on these weapons to investigate the mass production and labour organisation in early imperial China. The research draws upon extensive measurements, typological analysis and related statistical treatment, as well as a study of the spatial distribution of the bronze weapons. A combination of metrical and spatial data is used to assess the degree of standardisation of the weapons' production, and to evaluate the spatial patterns in the array of the Terracotta Army. This provides further information about the labour organisation behind the production, transportation and placement of weapons as they were moved from the workshop and/or arsenal to the funeral pits. Integrating these insights with inscriptions, tool marks, and chemical analysis, this book fills a gap in the study of mass production, the behaviour of craftspeople, and related imperial logistical organisation in the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC), marking the most crucial early stage in Chinese political unification.
Author | : X. Li |
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Release | : 2012 |
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Download Standardisation, Labour Organisation and the Bronze Weapons of the Qin Terracotta Warriors Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Alongside the thousands of terracotta warriors discovered in the tomb complex of the first emperor of China, were tens of thousands of bronze weapons, including arrowheads and crossbow triggers, lances, spears, halberds (and the ferrules associated with them), swords and a few other special types. This quantity and quality of bronze weaponry provides an extremely rare opportunity to investigate patterns of standardisation and labour organisation within a single, very large and intentional assemblage as well as to consider the role of bronze production during the Qin period (325-206 BC) which marks perhaps the most crucial early stage in Chinese political unification. This thesis draws upon extensive measurements, typological analysis and related statistical treatment, as well as a study of the spatial distribution of those bronze weapons found in the most extensively excavated part of the tomb complex (the five easternmost trenches in Pit 1). Metric data and statistical assessment of inter- and intra-group variation (e.g. coefficients of variation) suggest interesting patterns with regard to relative degrees of standardisation. A combination of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and point pattern analysis are used to assess formally any spatial patterning in the weapons and their analytical attributes, which then also provides further information about the labour organisation behind the production, transportation and placement of weapons as they were moved from the workshop and/or arsenal to the funeral pits. Combining these insights with those obtained from inscriptions found on some of the weapons and from ancient documents, this project investigates what technologies and crafting behaviour affected weapons production and labour organisation in a centralised imperial system. This research project fills a gap in the study of mass production, the behaviour of craftspeople and related logistical organisation in ancient China and to provide empirical data by analysing systematically on the types, dimensions and spatial patterns of Qin bronze weapons in the Emperor Qin Shihuang's tomb complex.
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Total Pages | : 810 |
Release | : 2012 |
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Author | : Jane Portal |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780674026971 |
Download The First Emperor Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The rise of Qin and the military conquest of the warring states -- The First Emperor and the Qin empire -- Imperial tours and mountain inscriptions -- The First Emperor's tomb: the afterlife universe -- A two-thousand-year-old underground empire.
Author | : Ralph D. Sawyer |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 578 |
Release | : 2011-03-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0465023347 |
Download Ancient Chinese Warfare Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The history of China is a history of warfare. Rarely in its 3,000-year existence has the country not been beset by war, rebellion, or raids. Warfare was a primary source of innovation, social evolution, and material progress in the Legendary Era, Hsia dynasty, and Shang dynasty -- indeed, war was the force that formed the first cohesive Chinese empire, setting China on a trajectory of state building and aggressive activity that continues to this day. In Ancient Chinese Warfare, a preeminent expert on Chinese military history uses recently recovered documents and archaeological findings to construct a comprehensive guide to the developing technologies, strategies, and logistics of ancient Chinese militarism. The result is a definitive look at the tools and methods that won wars and shaped culture in ancient China.
Author | : 秦始皇兵馬俑博物館 |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : China |
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Download Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Emperor Qin Shi Huang Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"Included in this book are one hundred and thirty carefully-selected photographs with captions, through which we hope we can present a comprehensive and systematic picture of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses"--Taken from foreword
Author | : Yang Liu |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : China |
ISBN | : 9780980048490 |
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"With contributions from leading scholars, this fully illustrated catalogue represents a panoramic view of Qin artistic, military, and administrative achievements under the powerful First Emperor, who unified China in 221 BCE. In addition, it examines the period of Chinese history preceding the emperor's reign and the role of earlier Qin rulers in the evolution of a small state into a superpower."--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Jane Portal |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781426203800 |
Download Terra Cotta Warriors Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"The terra cotta army of Qin Shihuangdi, the First Emperor of China (r. 221-210 BC), is one of the most spectacular finds in world archaeology. It was discovered by chance in 1974 - a garrison in battle-ready formation, spread across a number of pits. Here were life-sized warriors made over two thousand years ago from fired clay: cavalry, archers, and infantry; lowly foot soldiers and high ranking officers; figures of varying ages, with different hairstyles and facial expressions and seemingly representing every racial group in China - more than 6,000 in all." "But who was this powerful Emperor of the Qin Dynasty who needed such an army to guard him in the afterlife? How were the figures made? How could they have been manufactured on such a vast scale? Beautifully illustrated and based on the latest research, this little book provides a perfect introduction to what has often been described as the eighth Wonder of the World."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Guolong Lai |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
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This catalog sets the Terracotta warriors in a wider context by examining art of the Qin state in the period that led to the unification if China.