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Warring States Vertical Shaft Arrow Storage

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Located at the lower end of the right-side city wall near the eastern gate of Hangu Pass, this is a vertical shaft-style earthenware weapons storage pit with a diameter of 0.9 meters. Discovered in July 1986, it served as an arrow depot where border guards during the Warring States period stored weaponry. The arrow depot resembles a dry well and contains bundles of arrows, approximately 1 cubic meter in volume. The arrowheads are made of bronze, while the shafts are iron—very light...

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Situated at the lower end of the right-side city wall near the eastern gate of Hangu Pass, it is a vertical shaft-style earthenware weapons storage pit with a diameter of 0.9 meters. Discovered in July 1986, it functioned as an arrow depot for border defense officials during the Warring States period. The structure looks like a dry well, housing bundled arrows—about 1 cubic meter in total—where the arrowheads are bronze and the shafts are iron. They are very light but have rusted together and can no longer be separated. This arrow depot provides important evidence for the study of weaponry from the Warring States period.