# Political change, such as conquest or the rise of a new centre at Jinsha, ended Sanxingdui.

> Still possible: Political change, such as conquest or the rise of a new centre at Jinsha, ended Sanxingdui.

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Answer · Sanxingdui and its sacrificial pits

# Political change, such as conquest or the rise of a new centre at Jinsha, ended Sanxingdui.

Political change, such as conquest or the rise of a new centre at Jinsha, ended Sanxingdui.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## 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

- Overlap between late Sanxingdui and early Jinsha; signs of conflict.

## What would rule it out

- A gap between the two centres with no overlap.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[Similar objects at Jinsha suggest the community moved there.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/evidence/EVD0D73A2HE3SXF/similar-objects-at-jinsha-suggest-the-community-moved-there)

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## The questions it answers

[Why was Sanxingdui abandoned?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/questions/QST0D739WNY79DE/why-was-sanxingdui-abandoned)

Part of [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)

Open3 answers, none ahead

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Political change, such as conquest or the rise of a new centre at Jinsha, ended Sanxingdui. [Answer ANS0D73A29M5YFK]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D73A29M5YFK
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