Sanxingdui

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Sanxingdui

Ex:note	Bronze artifacts: life-size statue 260cm/180kg; bronze tree 396cm (Fusang tree); masks with gold foil, exaggerated eyes, protruding pupils; bronze birds, tigers, snakes; gold masks/belts; jade cong/axes/rings; ivory carvings. Paint traces: black eyes/eyebrows, vermilion lips.^[1]
Ex:note	Discovered 1927 by farmer. Vyvyan Donnithorne brought to attention 1931. David Crockett Graham first excavation 1934. Sacrificial pits found 1986. 2020-2022: six new pits, 500+ relics, 84% gold mask 280g.^[1]
Associated	Baodun Culture^[1]
Associated	Jinsha Site^[1]
Archaeological Culture	null^[1]
Hosts Multiple Pits	Sacrificial Pits^[1]
Dates to Period	1700-1150 BC^[1]
Is Archaeological Site	Archaeological Site^[1]
Known in Archaeological Literature	null^[1]
Located in	Guanghan^[1]

ex:sanxingdui

Sanxingdui has 26 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 1 reference, with 2 live disagreements.

26 facts·19 predicates·1 sources·2 in dispute

Mostly:associated(5), ex:note(4), archaeological culture(1)

Ex:notein dispute`ex:note`

Bronze artifacts: life-size statue 260cm/180kg; bronze tree 396cm (Fusang tree); masks with gold foil, exaggerated eyes, protruding pupils; bronze birds, tigers, snakes; gold masks/belts; jade cong/axes/rings; ivory carvings. Paint traces: black eyes/eyebrows, vermilion lips.^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations
Discovered 1927 by farmer. Vyvyan Donnithorne brought to attention 1931. David Crockett Graham first excavation 1934. Sacrificial pits found 1986. 2020-2022: six new pits, 500+ relics, 84% gold mask 280g.^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations
Culture ended possibly by flooding/earthquakes or invasion. Succeeded by Jinsha site 40km away (relocated Shu capital). Museum opened 1997. UNESCO tentative World Heritage list.^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations
Masks possibly worn by shi (尸) personator representing dead relatives. Cosmology features four animals: birds/dragons/snakes/tigers for four sky quadrants. Contemporaneous with Shang dynasty but distinct artistic style.^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations

Associatedin dispute`ex:rel/associated`

Baodun Culture^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations
Jinsha Site^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations
Shang Dynasty^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations
Shu Kingdom^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations
Zhou Dynasty^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations

Archaeological Culture`archaeologicalCulture`

null^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations

Hosts Multiple Pits`hostsMultiplePits`

Sacrificial Pits^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations

Dates to Period`datesToPeriod`

1700-1150 BC^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations

Is Archaeological Site`isArchaeologicalSite`

Archaeological Site^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations

Known in Archaeological Literature`knownInArchaeologicalLiterature`

null^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations

Located in`locatedIn`

Guanghan^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations

Known Archaeological Site`knownArchaeologicalSite`

null^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations

Existed in Bronze Age`existedInBronzeAge`

null^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations

Has Significant Artifacts`hasSignificantArtifacts`

null^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations

Represents Ancient Culture`representsAncientCulture`

null^[1]all time · Ancient Civilizations

Inbound mentions (9)

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`ex:rel/associated`Associated(2)

Cancongex:cancong
Shu Kingdomex:shu-kingdom

`basedOnArchaeology`Based on Archaeology(1)

Dating 1700 1150 Bcex:dating-1700-1150-bc

`foundAt`Found at(1)

Jade Relicsex:jade-relics

`identifies`Identifies(1)

Chinese Archaeologistsex:chinese-archaeologists

`isFirstExcavationOf`Is First Excavation of(1)

1934 Excavationex:1934-excavation

`locatedAt`Located at(1)

Sacrificial Pitsex:sacrificial-pits

`partOf`Part of(1)

Sacrificial Pitsex:sacrificial-pits

`targetsSite`Targets Site(1)

1934 Excavationex:1934-excavation

Other facts (7)

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7 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Ex:classification	Bronze Age archaeological site	[1]
Ex:date	approximately 1700-1150 BC	[1]
Ex:description	Walled city founded c.1600 BCE, trapezoidal design, 3.6 sq km, governed by strong central theocracy with trade links to Yin (Yinxu) for bronze and South Asia for ivory	[1]
Ex:known As	三星堆	[1]
Ex:located in	Guanghan, Deyang, Sichuan Province, China	[1]
Rdf:type	Archaeological Site	[1]
Rdfs:label	Sanxingdui	[1]

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26 undated

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archaeologicalCultureancient-civilizations

null

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datesToPeriodancient-civilizations

1700-1150 BC

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classificationancient-civilizations

Bronze Age archaeological site

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dateancient-civilizations

approximately 1700-1150 BC

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descriptionancient-civilizations

Walled city founded c.1600 BCE, trapezoidal design, 3.6 sq km, governed by strong central theocracy with trade links to Yin (Yinxu) for bronze and South Asia for ivory

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existedInBronzeAgeancient-civilizations

null

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knownAsancient-civilizations

三星堆

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locatedInancient-civilizations

Guanghan, Deyang, Sichuan Province, China

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noteancient-civilizations

Bronze artifacts: life-size statue 260cm/180kg; bronze tree 396cm (Fusang tree); masks with gold foil, exaggerated eyes, protruding pupils; bronze birds, tigers, snakes; gold masks/belts; jade cong/axes/rings; ivory carvings. Paint traces: black eyes/eyebrows, vermilion lips.

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noteancient-civilizations

Discovered 1927 by farmer. Vyvyan Donnithorne brought to attention 1931. David Crockett Graham first excavation 1934. Sacrificial pits found 1986. 2020-2022: six new pits, 500+ relics, 84% gold mask 280g.

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noteancient-civilizations

Culture ended possibly by flooding/earthquakes or invasion. Succeeded by Jinsha site 40km away (relocated Shu capital). Museum opened 1997. UNESCO tentative World Heritage list.

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noteancient-civilizations

Masks possibly worn by shi (尸) personator representing dead relatives. Cosmology features four animals: birds/dragons/snakes/tigers for four sky quadrants. Contemporaneous with Shang dynasty but distinct artistic style.

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