The reporter learned from the press conference held by the Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau on the 12th that the third excavation of the No. 1 pit of the Qin Terracotta Army cleaned up more than 220 terracotta figurines, initially clarified the arrangement of the military array, clarified the production procedures of the terracotta figurines, and the signs of the Yongdao can provide very powerful evidence for Xiang Yu's destruction of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum and the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit.
How did the Qin army, which swept away the six countries and ruled the world, line up its troops? How is the production process of Qinling terracotta figurines? The answers to these age-old mysteries have begun to surface in history. Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau released the important archaeological discoveries of Shaanxi in 2022 on the 12th, of which the archaeological excavation of the mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin has new gains, archaeologists carried out the third archaeological excavation of the large burial pit outside the mausoleum - Pit No. 1 for more than ten years, more than 220 new terracotta figurines were found, and the arrangement of the military array was initially clarified, and the production process of the Qinling terracotta figurines was also clarified.
This is the general figurine found by the third archaeological excavation of Pit No. 1
The third archaeological excavation of Pit No. 1 began in 2009, with an excavation area of about 430 square meters, and has so far cleaned more than 220 terracotta figurines, 16 pottery horses, 4 chariots, as well as horses, weapons, production tools, etc.
Excavate the original appearance of the area
This is a painted figurine found by the third archaeological excavation of Pit No. 1
According to Shen Maosheng, a researcher at the Mausoleum Museum of the First Emperor of Qin, the architectural structure of pit No. 1 is frame-type, and the technology is more primitive than that of the box-type burial pit, and it can be inferred that it was built earlier in the mausoleum. At the same time, this archaeological excavation also made a number of breakthroughs: clarifying the types and generies of weapons, clearing the first shield in the pit, confirming the functions of special figurines, and initially clarifying the arrangement of military formations. Shen Maosheng said that the archaeological excavation also clarified the process of making terracotta figurines: after the terracotta figurines are molded into large scales, they are first carved in detail, and then the arms are bonded.
This is the shield found by the third archaeological excavation of Pit One
Restoration of long weapons unearthed in the terracotta army pit
Qin Ling No. 1 copper car immediately copper crossbow
Qin Terracotta Army burial pit is a group of large burial pits outside the mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin, of which the No. 1 pit is the largest in area, rectangular in plan, with a total area of 14,260 square meters, according to the arrangement density estimate, about 6,000 terracotta figurines and pottery horses can be unearthed after all excavations.
Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit Remains of the genus Cari
The Yong Road of the Qin Terracotta Army has been dug up
It may be related to Xiang Yu
In addition, Shen Maosheng, a researcher at the Qinling Museum, said that the indications of the current excavations indicate that the Yong Road of the Qin Terracotta Army has been dug up, and it is speculated that someone used the Yong Road to enter the Yong Pit.
▲ Qin Terracotta Army No. 1 pit Yong Road ruins. Archaeologists said the tunnel had been dug up and the soil was red.
Archaeologists speculate that the people who can use the Yong Road to enter the Warrior Pit for destruction must be the people who participated in the construction of the Warrior Pit, and the Qin soldiers who surrendered Xiang Yu, these people must be familiar with the road if they accepted Xiang Yu's order to destroy, so the signs of the Yong Road can provide a very strong evidence for Xiang Yu to destroy the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum and the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit.