# The vessels were custom-made at the Shang capital Anyang and sent to Sanxingdui.

> Disputed: The vessels were custom-made at the Shang capital Anyang and sent to Sanxingdui.

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Answer · Sanxingdui and its sacrificial pits

# The vessels were custom-made at the Shang capital Anyang and sent to Sanxingdui.

The vessels were custom-made at the Shang capital Anyang and sent to Sanxingdui.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** None pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Vessel cores match Anyang foundry materials.

## What would rule it out

- Vessel cores that match Yangtze sites better than Anyang.

## Evidence none for · 1 against

[Vessel cores align with middle and lower Yangtze casting cores rather than with other sites compared.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/evidence/EVD0D73A0B4291P/vessel-cores-align-with-middle-and-lower-yangtze-casting)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Where were the Sanxingdui bronzes made, and where did their metal come from?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/questions/QST0D739W6A6ACC/where-were-the-sanxingdui-bronzes-made-and-where-did-their)

Most likelyHeads, masks and trees were cast locally; the zun and lei vessels were made in the middle or lower Yangtze…

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The vessels were custom-made at the Shang capital Anyang and sent to Sanxingdui. [Answer ANS0D73A03A52W4]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D73A03A52W4
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