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Fingerprints on China's 2,200-year-old clay army point to women and children among its makers

More than half the fingerprints on a batch of China's 2,200-year-old terracotta warriors came from women and children, a new study estimates, challenging the view that only adult men made the figures.
Ancient Origins

Ancient Fingerprints Rewrite Who Crafted China’s Terracotta Army

A new study has found that the people who made China’s Terracotta Army may have included women and children, not only adult ...
Asianet Newsable on MSN

Women, children may have built China's Terracotta Army, study finds

A new study challenges the belief that only adult men built China's Terracotta Army. By analyzing fingerprints on the ...
Daily Mail on MSN

Who really made China's Terracotta Army? Fingerprints reveal new clues on the builders

The Terracotta Army is one of the most stunning testaments to the power of the ancient Chinese emperors. Now, scientists have ...
archaeologymag

Fingerprints in the Terracotta Army’s clay show women and children helped build it

A fingerprint study of 79 prints from Pit 1 suggests women and children worked alongside men to build China's Terracotta Army ...
Artforum

Chinese Terracotta Army Built by Women and Children, Not Only Men

Studies of fingerprints on the terracotta soldiers in Xi'an, China have been determined to have belonged to women and ...