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The Many Faces of the Kingdom of Shu
Thousands of fantastical bronzes are beginning to reveal the secrets of a legendary Chinese dynasty
Archaeologists discovered two rectangular pits containing nearly 1,000 deliberately buried bronze vessels and figures, most of which had been purposely broken into pieces, as well as gold and jade artifacts, elephant tusks, and cowrieshells, all covered in a layer of ash from a fire that must have been intentionally set after the objects were interred. By determining where rare resources such as elephant tusks, gold, and cinnabar originated and tracing the routes used to bring them to Sanxingdui, he hopes to learn how the exchange of materials, technologies, and religious beliefs may have influenced the city’s history. Archaeologists from the Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology excavate gold fragments from one of eight pits filled with ritual artifacts discovered at the Bronze Age site of Sanxingdui.
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