China's top 10 archaeological discoveries of 2021 were unveiled on March 31 at an online conference, including Sichuan's Piluo site in Daocheng of Ganzi and Sanxingdui site in Guanghan of Deyang.

 

Piluo site in Daocheng of Ganzi: Piluo is by far China's best preserved archaeological site from the Paleolithic period dating back from 2.5 million to around 10,000 years ago. It is situated in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

 

 

Over 6,000 stones and earthen artifacts were discovered in September, including Acheulean axes previously found mainly in prehistoric sites across Africa and the western coast of the Eurasian continent. It is generally believed that these relics represent the highest level of tool manufacturing of the time.

 

Sanxingdui site in Guanghan of Deyang: The Sanxingdui Ruins site is considered one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. The excavation has lasted nearly 100 years since the first discovery in the late 1920s.

 

 

Since March 2021, Chinese archaeologists have uncovered major finds at the site's six newly found sacrificial pits. More than 500 artifacts, such as ivory, bronze, gold and jade items, dating back about 3,000 years to the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) were discovered.

 

 

Edited by Lei Lei

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