# Tang 2021: 'Sacrificial pits' or 'pits of a destroyed state': the clash of views behind Sanxingdui archaeology (“祭祀坑”还是“灭国坑”)

> Tang, 2021. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cited for the existence of the destruction reading.

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# 'Sacrificial pits' or 'pits of a destroyed state': the clash of views behind Sanxingdui archaeology (“祭祀坑”还是“灭国坑”)

Tang, 2021. _Meicheng Zaijiu (Orientations, Chinese edition) 2021(3), 6–_.

Review of the debate over whether the pits held sacrificial offerings or the destroyed regalia of a conquered polity.

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Cited for the existence of the destruction reading.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[The pits hold the regalia and cult images of a regime, destroyed and buried after conquest or overthrow.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui/answers/ANS0D739XX00M3W/the-pits-hold-the-regalia-and-cult-images-of-a-regime)

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[Sanxingdui and its sacrificial pits](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui)

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[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)

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Tang (2021). 'Sacrificial pits' or 'pits of a destroyed state': the clash of views behind Sanxingdui archaeology (“祭祀坑”还是“灭国坑”). Meicheng Zaijiu (Orientations, Chinese edition) 2021(3), 6–.
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