Forty Thousand Arms for a Single Emperor: From Chemical Data to the Labor Organization Behind the Bronze Arrows of the Terracotta Army

2012/10/19 by Marcos Martinón-Torres, Marcos Martinón‐Torres, Xiuzhen Li +5 · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · #Ancient history #Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture #Archaeology #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Art #Bronze #Emperor #History #Terracotta

paper · doi:10.1007/s10816-012-9158-z

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• Composition, colour and context in Muisca votive metalwork (Colombia, AD 600–1800)
• Standardization, Labor Investment, Skill, and the Organization of Ceramic Production in Late Prehispanic Highland Peru
• Ceramic Standardization and Intensity of Production: Quantifying Degrees of Specialization

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• Surface chromium on Terracotta Army bronze weapons is neither an ancient anti-rust treatment nor the reason for their good preservation
• Terracotta Army [wikipedia]