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Two Sichuan sites selected as "China's New Archaeological Discoveries in 2021"

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Friday, March 18, 2022
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CHENGDU, China, March 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Archaeological Forum of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences held in Beijing announced "China's New Archaeological Discoveries in 2021" on Mar 18, with two archaeological sites in Southwest China's Sichuan province included on the list.

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  • CHENGDU, China, March 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Archaeological Forum of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences held in Beijing announced "China's New Archaeological Discoveries in 2021" on Mar 18, with two archaeological sites in Southwest China's Sichuan province included on the list.
  • This year's list includes six new archaeological discoveries around the country, with the Sanxingdui site and the Piluo site in Sichuan province making the list.
  • The Sanxingdui site was accidentally discovered in the 1920s by a farmer in Guanghan, Sichuan province, while he was repairing a sewage ditch.
  • The discovery is dubbed one of the world's greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century.