Women also sculpted the Terracotta Army: Their Fingerprints Found on Qin Shihuang Warriors On October 23, the Qin Shihuang Tomb Museum announced a sensational study (in collaboration with Shandong University, published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage). Scientists studied 79 fingerprints preserved on 23 clay warriors from Pit No. 1 - masters left them on raw clay more than 2,200 years ago. Bayesian analysis result: ~45% - adult men ~32.7% - adult women ~22.3% - teenagers under the age of 15 This is the first quantitative evidence: the famous clay army was created not only by men - teenage women and students sculpted, carried and assembled the figures. The news was trending on Weibo that day.

Women also sculpted the Terracotta Army: Their Fingerprints Found on Qin Shihuang Warriors On October 23, the Qin Shihuang Tomb Museum announced a sensational study (in collaboration with Shandong University, published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage). Scientists studied 79 fingerprints preserved on 23 clay warriors from Pit No. 1 - masters left them on raw clay more than 2,200 years ago. Bayesian analysis result: ~45% - adult men ~32.7% - adult women ~22.3% - teenagers under the age of 15 This is the first quantitative evidence: the famous clay army was created not only by men - teenage women and students sculpted, carried and assembled the figures. The news was trending on Weibo that day.