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Reconstructing the trade history: provenance study of Han bronze mirrors in and out of Han China
A rapidly increasing number of bronze mirrors dated to the Chinese Han dynasty (202 BC – AD 220), known for their unique decorative patterns and...
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Technical and economic history of western Han dynasty revealed by bronze mirrors from Zonglvcheng cemetery, Linzi, China
In this study bronze mirrors from the Zonglvcheng cemetery in Linzi city, the unique bronze mirror production centre of the Western Han dynasty (WHD,...
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From diversity to monopoly: major economic policy change in the Western Han Dynasty revealed by lead isotopic analysis
The relationship between the flow of metal and the state political and economic structures of the Qin and Han empires has thus far received...
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Scientific analysis on the Han bronze wares unearthed from **angyang, Hubei Province, China
This study discusses the bronzes of the Han Dynasty unearthed from **angyang, Hubei Province, to study their production and provenance....
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The Provenance of Copper Materials for bronze chariot-horses Unearthed from Yang’an Han Tomb in Qionglai, Sichuan Province revealed by the lead isotope analysis and trace elements analysis
A collection of bronze chariot-horses was discovered in the Yang’an Han tomb in Qionglai City, Sichuan Province. These bronzes was used as burial...
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Heterogeneous metal sources for mintage in the early Han empire, second century BCE: archaeometallurgical study of the Banliang coins from the Guanghuacun cemetery, Chengdu, Southwest China
The supply of metal materials for mintage is important for state governance, and the patterns of which appear to reflect the rise and decline of the...
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Archaeometallurgical investigation on the Han iron swords and knives unearthed from **’an, China
The iron sword and knife industry was highly developed during the Han dynasties in Chinese history. However, there is not much clarity regarding its...
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Food production and agricultural systems on the southwestern frontier of the Han Empire: archaeobotanical remains from the 2016 excavation of Hebosuo, Yunnan
Dian Basin in Yunnan province is an important center for both early agricultural production and centralized state formation. Settled agricultural...
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Wuchuan bronzes and cinnabar mining immigrants during the Qin and Han Dynasties—new perspectives from typological and lead isotope analysis
The Han burials in the Wuchuan region of the northeast Yungui Plateau are known for the cinnabar grains placed within. Many bronze grave goods are...
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Geoarchaeological observation of earlier palaeolithic (EP) assemblages of the downstream South Han River Area (SHRA), Korea
This article introduces palaeolithic assemblages from the South Han River Area (SHRA) of South Korea and examines their ages in the geoarchaeological...
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Recharge processes limit the resource elements of Qarhan Salt Lake in western China and analogues in the evaporite basins
The Qarhan Salt Lake (QSL) in western China is K-Sr-Li-B-Br-Rb multi-resource coexisting Quaternary brine deposits. Significant research efforts have...
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Understanding livelihood vulnerability: a perspective from Western Sichuan’s ethnic rural settings
To explore the livelihood status and key influencing factors of rural households in the minority areas, we collected flat data from 284 rural...
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Changes in Spring Snow Cover over the Eastern and Western Tibetan Plateau and Their Associated Mechanism
The spring snow cover (SC) over the western Tibetan Plateau (TP) (TPSC) (W_TPSC) and eastern TPSC (E_TPSC) have displayed remarkable decreasing and...
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Forging or casting: new evidence of iron production in the Chengdu Plain in the Han dynasty
The Chengdu Plain was the iron production center in southwest China in the Han dynasty (202 BC-220 AD), which three iron smelting sites and large...
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Quantifying both climate and land use/cover changes on runoff variation in Han River basin, China
Climate change and land use/cover change (LUCC) can both exert great impacts on the generation processes of precipitation and runoff. However,...
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Features and sources of aerosol properties over the western Pacific Ocean based on shipborne measurements
In the Western Pacific, the limited in situ observations of aerosol optical depth (AOD) show substantial north–south differences in its spectral...
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Soil chronosequence derived from landslides on the upper reach of Minjiang River, western China
Soil chronosequences derived from landslides with certain time series are the great avenue to elevate our understanding on the processes of...
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Vegetation stability during the last two centuries on the western Tibetan Plateau: a palynological evidence
Investigating the dynamics of vegetation is an essential basis to know how to protect ecological environments and to help predict any changes in...
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Provision of iron objects in the southern borderlands of the Han Empire: a metallurgical study of iron objects from Han tombs in Guangzhou
It is widely acknowledged that the iron industry developed during the Han period led to the widespread distribution of iron implements, but how such...
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Influence of Qinghai-**zang Plateau snow cover on interannual variability of Western North Pacific tropical cyclone tracks
Track density function (TDF) was computed for all Western North Pacific tropical cyclones (WNP TCs) tracks from 1950 to 2018, and the TDFs were...