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Excavation ongoing places tagged “sichuan” in China · Mysteria

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Excavation ongoing places tagged “sichuan” in China

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🇨🇳 China

🇨🇳 China · Ancient village

Sanxingdui Pit K2 Bronze Tree Base

Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic

Sanxingdui Pit K2 Bronze Tree Base in Sichuan, Guanghan, China is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.

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🇨🇳 China · Ancient city

Sanxingdui Archaeological Site

Shu Culture 1200–1000 BCE (Sanxingdui period III) · Shu (Sichuan Basin, non-Han?)

Shu Kingdom sacrificial pits (1200–1000 BCE) revealed 1929 and sensationally 1986 with two pits of bronzes unlike Anyang Shang: 2.6 m bronze standing figure, mask with 132 cm protruding eyes, and…