In 2012,Sanxingdui workstation began the field work according to the"Twelfth Five-Year Plan"project of the Sanxingdui site.The first excavation was chosen at the large building foundation site on the Qingguanshan terrace,which was partially exposed in 2005.In order to unravel the accumulation structure of the terrace and its formation process,a dissected square 2012GSFgT5388 was excavated on the secondary terrace on the west side of the terrace.The excavation of T5388 reveals that the Qingguanshan terrace may have been built as early as in the late Neolithic period,and carbon-14 dating showed that the construction occurred during 2400-2200 BC approximately.During the Sanxingdui culture period,a group of rammed earth was added.The latest remain T5388H1 was between 900-800 BC according to carbon-14 dating,which was close to the unearthed artifacts from H62 on the third Qingguanshan terrace which breaks the large building foundation.The dissected square T5388 partially revealed the formation process of the secondary terrace of Qingguanshan terrace from the late Neolithic period to the early Western Zhou period,enriching our understanding of the settlement structure of Qingguanshan terrace and Yueliangwan town.
Sanxingdui siteQingguanshan terraceLate Neolithic periodShang-Zhou period