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 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.