A large number of Gold products have been unearthed from the Sanxingdui V sacrificial pits, the most unique of which is the unearthing of a gold mask.
The “Sanxingdui” site, known as the greatest archaeological discovery of mankind in the 20th century, released its latest archaeological excavation results in Chengdu on the 20th, with more than 500 important artifacts unearthed in six “sacrificial pits” in total. Among them, the most attention is the gold mask fragments.
Beijing News reported that the Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and the workstation of the Sanxingdui site pointed out at the conference that six new Sanxingdui Culture rituals have been discovered, and more than 500 pieces of important cultural relics have been unearthed, including gold mask fragments, bird-shaped gold ornaments, gold foil, painted bronze heads with eyes, giant bronze masks, bronze trees, ivory, fine tooth carving fragments, jade sunglasses, jade stone tools and other important relics.
The most remarkable thing is that a large number of gold products were unearthed in the fifth sacrificial pit, the most unique of which was the excavation of a gold mask. Professor Yu Mengzhou, deputy leader of the archaeological excavation team of the Sanxingdui site, pointed out that the area of the No. 5 pit of the Sanxingdui site is only about 3 square meters, which is the smallest of all the pits, but is the one with the most gold artifacts excavated, and the much-anticipated gold mask was unearthed from here.
If the complete gold mask can be found, it will not only be the largest gold mask found in the same period, but also the heaviest gold artifact found in the same period,” said Lei Yu, the archaeological excavation leader of the Sanxingdui site sacrificial area.
Lei Yu said, according to the current findings and research, the age of the Sanxingdui culture from 4000 years ago to 3200 years ago, that is, the Xia and Shang dynasties.
The Sanxingdui site is located in the northwest of Guanghan City, Sichuan Province, the south bank of the Duck River, in the summer of 1986, brick factory workers in the digging of the pit, 2 meters deep from the ground accidentally revealed more than ten pieces of stone jade, unveiling the dusty ancient civilization of Sanxingdui.
Archaeologists believe that the Sanxingdui site represents the source of the Yangtze River civilization, indicating that the Yangtze River basin, like the Yellow River basin, belongs to the same mother of Chinese civilization.
From the traces of destruction of all the excavated artifacts over the years, it shows that major changes occurred at the end of the Sanxingdui culture. However, there are many different reasons for the demise of the Sanxingdui Kingdom more than 3,000 years ago, including foreign invasion and flooding, and it is difficult to solve the mystery of the disappearance of the Sanxingdui civilization.
Sanxingdui archaeology published a major new discovery this Time, Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Sanxingdui site workstation director Lei Yu said, further confirming that the core distribution of Sanxingdui culture is located in the Chengdu Plain, the influence of the north to Hanzhong and other places and even Weihe River basin, south to the edge of the Yunnan-Guizhou plateau and northern Vietnam.
The archaeology also initially clarifies the triple city circle pattern of the site: the first is the small city of Yuewan, the second southern boundary is the Sanxingdui city wall, and the third southern boundary is the southern city wall.
A large number of gold products have been excavated from the Sanxingdui V sacrificial pit, the most unique of which is the excavation of a gold mask.
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