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Sanxingdui () is the name of an archaeological site and the previously unknown Bronze Age culture for which it is the type site. Sanxingdui is now believed to be the site of a major ancient Chinese city in what is now Sichuan, China. The Bronze Age culture which was first discovered in 1929 and then re-discovered in 1986〔(of Ancient Chinese Civilization's Disappearance Explained )〕 when archaeologists excavated remarkable artifacts, that radiocarbon dating dated as being from the 12th-11th centuries BCE. The culture that produced these artifacts is now known as the ''Sanxingdui Culture'', and archeologists are identifying it with the ancient kingdom of Shu. The artifacts are displayed in the Sanxingdui Museum located near the city of Guanghan.〔 The discovery at Sanxingdui, as well as other discoveries such as the Xingan tombs in Jiangxi, challenges the traditional narrative of Chinese civilization spreading from the central plain of the Yellow River, and Chinese archaeologists have begun to speak of "multiple centers of innovation jointly ancestral to Chinese civilization." == Background == Many Chinese archaeologists have identified the Sanxingdui culture to be part of the ancient kingdom of Shu, linking the artifacts found at the site to its early legendary kings.〔 References to a Shu kingdom that can be reliably dated to such an early period in Chinese historical records are scant (it is mentioned in ''Shiji'' and ''Shujing'' as an ally of the Zhou who defeated the Shang), but accounts of the legendary kings of Shu may be found in local annals.〔(Shiji ) Original text: 武王曰：「嗟！我有國冢君，司徒、司馬、司空，亞旅、師氏，千夫長、百夫長，及庸、蜀、羌、髳、微、纑、彭、濮人，稱爾戈，比爾干，立爾矛，予其誓。」〕 According to the ''Chronicles of Huayang'' compiled in the Jin Dynasty (265–420), the Shu kingdom was founded by Cancong ().〔(Chronicles of Huayang ) Original text: 周失紀綱，蜀先稱王。有蜀侯蠶叢，其目縱，始稱王。〕 Cancong was described as having protruding eyes, a feature that is found in the figures of Sanxingdui. Other eye-shaped objects were also found which might suggest worship of the eyes. Other rulers mentioned in ''Chronicles of Huayang'' include Boguan (), Yufu (), and Duyu (). Many of the objects are fish and bird-shaped, and these have been suggested to be totems of Boguan and Yufu (the name Yufu actually means fish cormorant), and the clan of Yufu has been suggested as the one most likely to be associated with Sanxingdui.〔Sanxingdui Museum (2006), pp. 7-8〕 The more recent discoveries at Jinsha 40 km away that has close link to the Sanxingdui Culture are thought to be the relocated capital of the Shu Kingdom. It has also been suggested that the Jinsha site may be the hub and capital of Duyu clan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sanxingdui」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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