Scientific analysis of bronze objects of the first millennium to the second century BCE excavated from the Jiangkou Site, Pengshan, Sichuan

The Jiangkou site is located in the Min River channel in Pengshan County, Sichuan Province, China. One hundred and four bronze weapons and tools of the First millennium to the second century BCE were found throughout five excavations from 2016 to 2022. Typology and radiocarbon dating suggest that the bronze objects could be dated as early as the early Western Zhou dynasty. There is a great variety of object types, and some types have not been …