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Emperor Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum site in Xi’an
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November 19, 2015
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In recent years, systematic detections have been conducted to the remains of the roads, gates and gate towers and walls within the Emperor Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum precinct and larger scope, by which the comprehensive layout of the mausoleum precinct is more deeply understood; the discoveries of the outer storage pits, attendant burials, sacrificial architectures and other remains are significantly meaningful for the understanding to the imperial burial system; especially, the discovery of the large amount of architectural remains are very important for the research on the evolution of the mausoleum precinct system. The excavations of the pit K9901, the architectural remains within the inner mausoleum yard, the attendant burials within the inner mausoleum yard and the Terracotta Army Pit No. 1 provided new materials for recovering the process of the funeral ceremony of Emperor Qin Shihuang and understanding the structural system of the mausoleum architectures.
Keywords: Emperor Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum (Lintong District; Xi’an City; Shaanxi); graveyards and cemeteries- Qin Dynasty; terracotta army
Published Online: 2015-11-19
Published in Print: 2015-11-1
© 2015 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston
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Keywords for this article
Emperor Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum (Lintong District;
Xi’an City;
Shaanxi);
graveyards and cemeteries- Qin Dynasty;
terracotta army
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- Feature
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- New archaeological discoveries
- The Xichengyi Site in Zhangye City, Gansu
- The Eastern Zhou cemetery at Wenfengta, Suizhou City
- Emperor Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum site in Xi’an
- The remains of the ancient bridges on the Wei River in Xi’an City
- The Laoguanshan Cemetery of the Han Dynasty in Tianhui Town, Chengdu City
- The tomb of Emperor Sui Yangdi at Caozhuang in Yangzhou City, Jiangsu
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