[HIGHLIGHTS] Expert: The burial time of the "sacrificial pit" artifacts at the Sanxingdui site was determined to be the beginning of the late Shang Dynasty

The Third Cultural Relics Science and Technology Innovation Forum was held in Chengdu, Sichuan Province on 9 June. Chen Xingcan, director of the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, introduced the latest progress of "Comprehensive Research on the Origin and Early Development of Chinese Civilization" The project team accurately pinned the burial time of the artifacts in the burial pit (i.e., the "sacrificial pit") at the Sanxingdui site to the beginning of the late Shang Dynasty.