# Sanxingdui bronzes use the same highly radiogenic lead source as late Shang bronzes.

> Most likely: Sanxingdui bronzes use the same highly radiogenic lead source as late Shang bronzes.

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Answer · Sanxingdui and its sacrificial pits

# Sanxingdui bronzes use the same highly radiogenic lead source as late Shang bronzes.

Sanxingdui bronzes use the same highly radiogenic lead source as late Shang bronzes.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests supported it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Lead isotope ratios of all object classes fall in the Shang HRL field.

## What would rule it out

- Non-radiogenic lead in a substantial share of Sanxingdui bronzes.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[All tested Sanxingdui bronzes, vessels and non-vessels, show highly radiogenic lead.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/evidence/EVD0D73A12J3N5N/all-tested-sanxingdui-bronzes-vessels-and-non-vessels-show)

Supported

FOR

[Over 60% of more than 800 analysed late Shang bronzes show the same signature.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/evidence/EVD0D73A1AC1QDS/over-60-of-more-than-800-analysed-late-shang-bronzes-show)

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FOR

## The questions it answers

[Did Sanxingdui share its metal source with the Shang?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/questions/QST0D739WE46E8Z/did-sanxingdui-share-its-metal-source-with-the-shang)

Part of [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)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Sanxingdui bronzes use the same highly radiogenic lead source as late Shang bronzes. [Answer ANS0D73A0TR25RP]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D73A0TR25RP
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