【奇速英语时文阅读】三星堆发现“神秘器物”！7号坑挖出“天外来客”？

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A paper published in Asian Archaeology by the School of Archaeology and Museology, Sichuan University, and the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute has confirmed that iron fragments from Sanxingdui’s No. 7 sacrificial pit are pure meteoric iron. Three heavily corroded fragments, shaped like a yue (axe) and dated to the late Shang Dynasty, were found. The team believes it likely served as a ritual weapon and, given its high hardness, may have also been used for bronze processing.

Meteoric iron, a natural iron-nickel alloy from space, often held special significance, suggesting the ancient Shu people crafted this “heavenly gift” over 3,000 years ago. The discovery extends the known range of meteoric iron use in ancient China from the Yellow River Basin to the upper Yangtze River’s Sichuan Basin, filling a gap in the early iron-use history of southwestern China. To date, 4,378 numbered relics (including groups) have been unearthed from Pit No. 7, with 1,686 relatively complete artifacts.

日前，四川大学考古文博学院与四川省文物考古研究院在《亚洲考古研究》合作发表论文，证实三星堆7号祭祀坑出土的铁制残片为纯陨铁制品。7号坑共出土三件残片，腐朽严重，整体呈斧钺形，测年显示为商代晚期。研究团队倾向认为其功能为礼仪兵器，因其硬度较高，也不排除曾用于青铜加工。

陨铁是来自太空的天然铁镍合金，古人常赋予特殊意义，显示古蜀人在3000余年前可能将此“天上馈赠”制成器物。此次发现将中国古代用陨铁的地理范围从黄河流域延伸到长江上游的四川盆地，填补了西南地区早期用铁史的空白。截至目前，7号坑已出土编号遗物4378件（组），其中相对完整的器物1686件（组）。