The latest archaeological research findings were presented at the ongoing 2025 Sanxingdui Forum in Deyang, Sichuan, officially confirming the exact dating of the sacrificial pits at the Sanxingdui Site.
A joint study by the Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and Peking University, using radiocarbon dating, shows that the burial dates of Pits Nos. 3, 4, 6, and 8 have a 95.4 percent probability of falling between 1201 BC and 1012 BC, corresponding to the late Shang Dynasty.
Additionally, fragments of the same artifacts found in Pits Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8 were identified as matching, further confirming that these pits share the same burial date.
This breakthrough provides crucial evidence for clarifying the dating of the sacrificial pits and constructing a detailed chronological framework for the site, offering new insights into the evolution and history of the Sanxingdui culture.
File photo of the excavation site of Sanxingdui's No.8 sacrificial pit. /VCG
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