Yin Xia

TL;DR: It is shown that the lacquer used to cover warriors and certain parts of weapons is rich in chromium, and it is demonstrated that chromium on the metals is contamination from nearby lacquer after burial, and the chromium anti-rust treatment theory should be abandoned.

TL;DR: In this article, a case study using a famous and contentious set of archaeological objects: the terracotta warriors of China's first emperor is presented, where the authors consider the possibility of 3D morphometric analysis and comparative taxonomy.

TL;DR: In this paper, the main analytical focus is placed on the 40,000 bronze arrowheads recovered with the Terracotta Army in the First Emperor's Mausoleum, Xi'an, China.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focused on the inscriptions and finishing marks present on the surfaces of the thousands of bronze weapons recovered together with the Terracotta Army at the mausoleum complex of Qin Shihuang, the First Emperor of China (259-210BC).

TL;DR: A metrical and spatial analysis of these triggers reveals that they were produced in batches and that these separate batches were thereafter possibly stored in an arsenal, but eventually were transported to the mausoleum to equip groups of terracotta crossbowmen in individual sectors of Pit 1.