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From: Tracing the locality of prisoners and workers at the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang: First Emperor of China (259-210 BC)

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(a) Map of mainland China showing the location of the Shanren and Liyi sites in Shaanxi Province (shaded) and the additional archaeological sites mentioned in the text. Shaded circle represents an estimate of the original Chu state from which the mausoleum workers may have originated. (Map was created by the authors, Ying Ma and Weigang Sun, using MATLAB and CorelDRAW) (b) Picture showing the excavation of the mausoleum workers from the Shanren site. (c) Picture showing the burial of one of the Liyi individuals (Note: the bronze sword and ceramic pottery grave goods). (Pictures b and c were taken by the author, Weigang Sun).

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