What new cultural relics have been unearthed during the excavation of No. 8 Pit in Sanxingdui Sacrificial Area?
Since the launch of this round of large-scale archaeological excavations in Sanxingdui, a large number of precious bronzes, golds, jades and other cultural relics have been unearthed one after another. Archaeologists are unveiling the mystery of Sanxingdui step by step.
What is the current state of archaeological work?
What new relics have been unearthed?
Recently, archaeologists have mainly excavated two sacrificial pits No. 7 and No. 8. Since yesterday, the key work has focused on the extraction of a bronze altar in pit No. 8 in the Sanxingdui sacrificial area. The upper half of the bronze altar has been extracted yesterday. , and continue to extract the hollowed-out decorative base of the lower half of the bronze altar today.
Overall, the excavation of Pit 8 is over halfway through, and the excavation of Pit 7 has entered the final stage.
Pit No. 7 contains a large number of bronze fragments and jade objects. Pit No. 5 and No. 6 have been extracted as a whole and entered into the laboratory for excavation. In addition, the earliest excavations of No. 3 and No. 4 have been excavated and are now in a sealed state.
The archaeological excavation area of this round of Sanxingdui sacrificial area exceeds 1,200 square meters. The two pits 1 and 2 have been excavated in 1986. The six pits 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are the only ones in this round of archaeological excavations. started.
The newly excavated sacrificial pits in Sanxingdui are more than 3,000 years old. There are more than 12,000 numbered cultural relics newly unearthed in Sanxingdui, and nearly 2,400 artifacts are nearly complete.
A large number of bronze, gold, jade and other cultural relics have been unearthed successively. This series of new archaeological discoveries has further enriched the cultural connotation of the Sanxingdui site.