The building concept of border defence facilities of Qin: Watchtowers along the King of Zhaoxiang great wall in Shaanxi province

Xingyi Li, Yangyang Tong, Xiaoning Ma, Jiachen Chang, Binyan He

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0329298
Published: 2025-08-26
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pone.0329298,
  title = {The building concept of border defence facilities of Qin: Watchtowers along the King of Zhaoxiang great wall in Shaanxi province},
  author = {Xingyi Li and Yangyang Tong and Xiaoning Ma and Jiachen Chang and Binyan He},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {PLOS One},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0329298},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0329298}
}

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TI  - The building concept of border defence facilities of Qin: Watchtowers along the King of Zhaoxiang great wall in Shaanxi province
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AU  - Yangyang Tong
AU  - Xiaoning Ma
AU  - Jiachen Chang
AU  - Binyan He
PY  - 2025
JO  - PLOS One
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0329298
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Li, X., Tong, Y., Ma, X., Chang, J., & He, B. (2025). The building concept of border defence facilities of Qin: Watchtowers along the King of Zhaoxiang great wall in Shaanxi province. PLOS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0329298

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