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The Sacrificial Area at the Sanxingdui Site in Guanghan, Sichuan

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Sanxingdui

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Peer-reviewed excavation report on six newly discovered pits, cataloguing 13,000 artifacts and distinguishing K5/K6 as sacrificial pits from other pits interpreted as burials of ritual objects; corrects blanket treatment of every pit as the same deposit type.

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Sanxingdui masks and related objects come from excavated ritual-deposition contexts within ancient Shu, while their precise iconographic meanings remain unresolved.

Answer / theory: There is no strong evidence for that. They are best treated as ritual or symbolic artifacts of ancient Shu. Evidence level: Weak Evidence / Internet Lore.
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Excavation of six newer features identifies K5 and K6 as sacrificial pits and interprets other pits as burials of ritual objects; the deposits should not all be assigned one function.

Answer / theory: The pits show deliberate deposition, burning, breaking, or burial, but the exact reason is unresolved. Evidence level: Mixed Evidence.
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Sanxingdui’s excavated human Bronze Age contexts provide no evidence for non-human visitors or technologically impossible outside intervention.

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