Finding fragile fragments of iron

Archaeologists have confirmed that the iron fragments unearthed from Sanxingdui, a renowned archaeological site in Guanghan, Sichuan province, are made of pure meteoritic iron — the earliest such discovery in Southwest China.

The study, conducted by Sichuan University's School of Archaeology and Museology in collaboration with the Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, was recently published in the international academic journal Archaeological Research in Asia.