# The objects were ritually retired when a temple was refurbished or the centre moved, and buried with care.

> Still possible: The objects were ritually retired when a temple was refurbished or the centre moved, and buried with care.

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Answer · Sanxingdui and its sacrificial pits

# The objects were ritually retired when a temple was refurbished or the centre moved, and buried with care.

The objects were ritually retired when a temple was refurbished or the centre moved, and buried with care.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionDeduced0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Burial at the end of the site's main phase; continuity of the same objects at Jinsha.

## What would rule it out

- Pits filled long before the site's decline, or new objects of the same kind made at Sanxingdui after the pits.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[Jinsha, about 50 km away, has similar objects and is seen as the next centre.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/evidence/EVD0D739YME085J/jinsha-about-50-km-away-has-similar-objects-and-is-seen-as)

Suggestive

FOR

## The questions it answers

[Why were the Sanxingdui objects broken, burned and buried?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/questions/QST0D739VYG5PHX/why-were-the-sanxingdui-objects-broken-burned-and-buried)

Most likelyThe objects were offerings, broken and burned in rites and buried in the sacrificial area

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The objects were ritually retired when a temple was refurbished or the centre moved, and buried with care. [Answer ANS0D739YCM34J6]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D739YCM34J6
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