ZHAO Weijuan1 LI Rongwu2 GAO Zhengyao1 LI Guoxia1 XIE Jianzhong1 HAN Guohe 1 FENG Songlin3 FAN Dongyu3 ZHANG Ying3 CAI Zhifang3 ZHANG Zhongli4 ZHU Junxiao4 1. Study on provenance of raw materials of Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum in Pit No.1 by neutron activation analysis[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2003, (8): 588-594.
ZHAO Weijuan1 LI Rongwu2 GAO Zhengyao1 LI Guoxia1 XIE Jianzhong1 HAN Guohe 1 FENG Songlin3 FAN Dongyu3 ZHANG Ying3 CAI Zhifang3 ZHANG Zhongli4 ZHU Junxiao4 1. Study on provenance of raw materials of Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum in Pit No.1 by neutron activation analysis[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2003, (8): 588-594.DOI:
Terracotta Warriors and Horses in Qin Shihuangs Mausoleum are famous in the world
but the provenance of their raw materials is still a puzzle up to now. We collected 20 samples of pottery warriors and horses in Pit No.1
20 clay samples from nearby regions and one sample of Yaozhou porcelain body
and the contents of 32 trace elements in these samples by neutron activation analysis (NAA). These data were processed by fuzzy cluster analysis
and the trend cluster diagram was obtained. The result showed that the Lishan clay may be considered as the origin of raw materials of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses in Qin Shihuangs Mausoleum
thus the kiln sites may also be located near the Qin憇 Mausoleum.