The restoration of the chariots of the Warring-States Period in Majiayuan, Gansu (continued) – the designing and making skills of chariots and modifying and designing ideas of oxcarts

Abstract

Abstract Based on previous studies and detailed excavations, this paper makes restorations for some parts of horse chariots unearthed at Majiayuan Cemetery of the Warring-States Period in Zhangjiachuan County, Gansu Province, and explores the manufacturing skills and assembling methods of these chariots and their parts and fittings. Moreover, this paper also analyzes oxcarts unearthed at the same cemetery and discusses their adaptation and modification to the horse chariots and their influences on the development of ox-drawn vehicles in later periods.