Sanxingdui Site is situated in a suburb of Guanghan City, Sichuan Province, 40km to the nothe of Chengdu, the provincial capital. Totaling 12 square kilometers in area, the site has been verified to contain some 30 cultural remnants dotted in the vicinity, including ruins of an ancient city, sacrificial pits, residential quarters and tombs. Scholars believe it should be dated somewhere between 4,800 and 2,800 years ago. So far, it is the largest and most ancient site left by an unknown culture in southwestern China. The archeological findings unearthed from it tell us it had been a highly developed hub of cultural prosperity in prehistoric China.
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ANOVERVIEW
BRONZE WARE
Bronze Human Figures
Bronze Human Heads
Bronze Human Heads with Gold Mask
Bronze Human—face Masks
Bronze Masks with protruding Eyes
Ocular and Sun—shaped BronzeObjects
Bronze Animal—face Masks
Bronze Divine Trees
Bronze Divine Altars
Bronze Vessels Zun and lei
Bronze Birds and a Bronze Cock
Bronze Dragons,Serpents and Tigers
Bronze Drcorations and Bronze Spears
GOLD WARE
A Gold Stick
Gold Leaf Decorations
JADE WARE
Jade zhang
Jade Weapons and Tools
Jade bi and cong
Jade Decorations
POTTERY
SEA SHELLS,ELEPHANT TUSKS AND TIGER TGER TEETH
