Archaeologists unearth 5,000-yr-old bronze ware in Xinjiang
(Xinhua) 16:53, December 11, 2020
URUMQI, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Archaeologists have discovered the remnant of a bronze ware dating back more than 5,000 years at a site in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local authorities said on Thursday.
The bronze ware, found at the Tongtiandong site, is believed to be the earliest of its kind ever unearthed in Xinjiang, said the excavation project's team leader Yu Jianjun from the regional institute of cultural relics and archaeology.
Yu has speculated that it was a decorative object. The discovery is of great significance to the study of metallurgy on the Eurasian grassland.