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Measurement and analysis of facial features of terracotta warriors based on high-precision 3D point clouds
Yungang Hu
1, 2
,
Desheng Lan
3
,
Jingyang Wang
4
,
Miaole Hou
1, 2
,
SONGNIAN LI
5
,
Xiuzhen Li
3
,
Lei Zhu
1, 2
2
Key Laboratory for Architectural Heritage Fine Reconstruction & Health Monitoring, Beijing, China
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3
Department of Key Scientific Research Base of Ancient Polychrome Pottery Conservation, Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Museum, Xian, China
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4
The First Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xian, China
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Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 2022-03-21
scimago Q1
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SJR: 0.631
CiteScore: 4.6
Impact factor: 3.9
ISSN: 20507445
Conservation
Archeology
Abstract
The striking realism of the life-sized ceramic terracotta warriors has been attracting the interest of the public and archaeologists since they were discovered from the mausoleum complex of the first Chinese Emperor Qin Shihuang in the 1970s. It is still debated whether the life-size models were based on individual people or were just crafted from the standardized models. This research examined the facial features of the terracotta warriors in a quantitative and contactless way with the support of the High-precision 3D point cloud modelling technology and the anthropometric method. The similarities and dissimilarities were analyzed among the facial features of terracotta warriors and 29 modern Chinese ethnic groups using mathematical statistics methods such as MDS, ANOVA, ranking analysis and cluster analysis. The results reveal that the features of the terracotta warriors highly resemble those of contemporary Chinese people and indicate that terracotta warriors were crafted from real portraits and intended to constitute a real army to protect the Emperor Qin Shihuang in the afterlife.
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Hu Y. et al. Measurement and analysis of facial features of terracotta warriors based on high-precision 3D point clouds // Heritage Science. 2022. Vol. 10. No. 1. 40
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Hu Y., Lan D., Wang J., Hou M., LI S., Li X., Zhu L. Measurement and analysis of facial features of terracotta warriors based on high-precision 3D point clouds // Heritage Science. 2022. Vol. 10. No. 1. 40
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1186/s40494-022-00662-0
UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-022-00662-0
TI - Measurement and analysis of facial features of terracotta warriors based on high-precision 3D point clouds
T2 - Heritage Science
AU - Hu, Yungang
AU - Lan, Desheng
AU - Wang, Jingyang
AU - Hou, Miaole
AU - LI, SONGNIAN
AU - Li, Xiuzhen
AU - Zhu, Lei
PY - 2022
DA - 2022/03/21
PB - Springer Nature
IS - 1
VL - 10
SN - 2050-7445
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@article{2022_Hu,
author = {Yungang Hu and Desheng Lan and Jingyang Wang and Miaole Hou and SONGNIAN LI and Xiuzhen Li and Lei Zhu},
title = {Measurement and analysis of facial features of terracotta warriors based on high-precision 3D point clouds},
journal = {Heritage Science},
year = {2022},
volume = {10},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
month = {mar},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-022-00662-0},
number = {1},
pages = {40},
doi = {10.1186/s40494-022-00662-0}
}