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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: terracotta warriors
    sub title: exploring the most intriguing puzzle in Chinese history
  name:
    name part: Burman, Edward
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2018
    copyright date: 2018
    edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xxv, 273 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
  abstract: A history of the famous Terracotta Army in Xi'an, China, exploring what we now know about it, what remains hidden and the fascinating theories that surround its creation. Exciting investigations in northwest China are about to reveal more of the mysteries of the huge mausoleum of the Qin Emperor, a portion of which was accidently discovered in 1974 by farmers who were digging a well. The second phase of an international research project began in 2011 and is ongoing. More recently still, promising new excavations began in Pit 2, with exciting fresh discoveries already announced. The Terracotta Warriors seeks to examine one of China's most famous archaeological discoveries in light of these new findings. The book begins with the discovery of the terracotta warriors and then tells the history of the Qin Dynasty and as much as is known about the construction of the 3rd century BCE mausoleum, based on the work of the historian Sima Qian (145-90 BCE). He wrote that the First Emperor was buried with palaces, towers, officials, valuable artifacts and wondrous objects. According to this account, one hundred flowing rivers were simulated using mercury and the ceiling was decorated with heavenly bodies, high above the features of the land. The new findings and the description of the mausoleum based on the quoted historical accounts suggest that the next discoveries may surpass the size and conception of the original discovery of the terracotta warriors. In the second part, Edward Burman asks who built it and how? He also questions the role of the terracotta warriors, who may be servants and not warriors, and what their function may have been in the afterlife. Finally, he anticipates the ongoing discoveries and describes the new methods of excavation and preservation.
  table of contents: Introduction: Legends and the 1974 discovery -- I: History. Warrior Chu ; The ancestors of Qin Shihuang ; From provincial kings to universal emperor ; Creation of the temporal empire -- II: Mystery. What kind of immortality did Qin Shihuang expect? ; What is the mausoleum? ; Who built the army, and how? ; What were the warriors for? ; What is in the mausoleum? -- III: Latest discoveries. Latest discoveries and research ; New techniques for study, restoration and conservation ; Recent excavations and current studies ; Why did the Qin fail? -- Epilogue: Future prospects.
  note: Edward Burman.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: a-cc---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Emperor of China
      name part: Qin shi huang
      name part: 259 B.C.-210 B.C
    topic: Tomb
  subject:
    topic: Terra-cotta sculpture, Chinese
    temporal: Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D
  subject:
    geographic: Shaanxi Sheng (China)
    topic: Antiquities
  subject:
    topic: Excavations (Archaeology)
    geographic: China
    geographic: Shaanxi Sheng
  classification: DS715 .B86 2018
  classification: 931/.04
  identifier: 9781681777962
  identifier: 1681777967
  record info:
    record content source: FMG
    record creation date: 180719
    record change date: 20181024084120.0
    record identifier: in00004045546