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The remains of a gold mask are among the 3,000-year-old artifacts (历史文物) found at Sanxingdui, a 4.6-square-mile area outside Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province. 【小题1】 (weigh) about 280 grams and estimated to be made from 84% gold, the mask 【小题2】 (be) one of over 500 items unearthed from six newly discovered “sacrificial pits (祭祀坑)” in Sanxingdui.
More than 50,000 ancient artifacts 【小题3】 (find) at Sanxingdui since the 1920s, when a local 【小题4】 (farm) accidentally came upon a number of relics at the site. A major breakthrough occurred 【小题5】 1986, with the discovery of two ceremonial pits containing over 1,000 items. Discoveries 【小题6】 (make) at the site date back to the 12th and 11th centuries BC, and many of the 【小题7】 (item) are now on display at an on-site museum.
The site has 【小题8】 (complete) changed experts’ understanding of how the ancient civilization developed in China. In particular, evidence suggests that the unique ancient Shu society developed independently of neighboring cultures in the Yellow River Valley, 【小题9】 was traditionally considered to be the origin of Chinese civilization.
Along with other Shu archaeological sites, 【小题10】 is credited by the UN as “an outstanding representative of the Bronze Age Civilization of China, East Asia and even the world.”