Xiuzhen Janice Li
Biographic Data
| ID | 327308 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Xiuzhen Janice Li |
| GIVEN NAMES | Xiuzhen Janice |
| FAMILY NAME | Li |
| SIGNATURE | LI X J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 67 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Crossbows and imperial craft organisation
The Terracotta Army that protected the tomb of the Chinese emperor Qin Shihuang offers an evocative image of the power and organisation of the Qin armies who unified China through conquest in the third century BC. It also provides evidence for the craft production and administrative control that underpinned the Qin state. Bronze trigger mechanisms are all that remain of crossbows that once equipped certain kinds of warrior in the Terracotta Army.…
Forty Thousand Arms for a Single Emperor
Making Weapons for the Terracotta Army
The Terracotta Army of the First Emperor of China is one of the most emblematic archaeological sites in the world. Many questions remain about the logistics of technology, standardisation and labour organisation behind the creation of such a colossal construction in just a few decades over 2,000 years ago. An ongoing research project co-ordinated between the UCL Institute of Archaeology and the Emperor Qin Shihang's Terracotta Army Museum is begi…
Inscriptions, filing, grinding and polishing marks on the bronze weapons from the Qin Terracotta Army in China
Forty Thousand Arms for a Single Emperor
Inscriptions, filing, grinding and polishing marks on the bronze weapons from the Qin Terracotta Army in China
Crossbows and imperial craft organisation
The Terracotta Army that protected the tomb of the Chinese emperor Qin Shihuang offers an evocative image of the power and organisation of the Qin armies who unified China through conquest in the third century BC. It also provides evidence for the craft production and administrative control that underpinned the Qin state. Bronze trigger mechanisms are all that remain of crossbows that once equipped certain kinds of warrior in the Terracotta Army.…
Inscriptions, filing, grinding and polishing marks on the bronze weapons from the Qin Terracotta Army in China
Making Weapons for the Terracotta Army
The Terracotta Army of the First Emperor of China is one of the most emblematic archaeological sites in the world. Many questions remain about the logistics of technology, standardisation and labour organisation behind the creation of such a colossal construction in just a few decades over 2,000 years ago. An ongoing research project co-ordinated between the UCL Institute of Archaeology and the Emperor Qin Shihang's Terracotta Army Museum is begi…
Forty Thousand Arms for a Single Emperor
Crossbows and imperial craft organisation
The Terracotta Army that protected the tomb of the Chinese emperor Qin Shihuang offers an evocative image of the power and organisation of the Qin armies who unified China through conquest in the third century BC. It also provides evidence for the craft production and administrative control that underpinned the Qin state. Bronze trigger mechanisms are all that remain of crossbows that once equipped certain kinds of warrior in the Terracotta Army.…
Ancient history (4 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Emperor (4 works) · History (4 works) · Terracotta (4 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 works) · Bronze (3 works) · China (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (2 works)