More than 65 years after its discovery, the Erlitou site in the heart of the Central China Plains, continues to yield new ...

Moreover, similar turquoise plaques had been discovered from Erlitou Site in Luoyang, Henan province, widely believed to be a late capital of the Xia Dynasty, as funerary objects for the aristocracy.

Meanwhile, at the Sanxingdui Site in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, 4,062 precious artifacts ... during the transition from the Xia to the Shang dynasty. Wang noted that both the Erlitou ...

Best known for its bronze and turquoise artifacts, the site ... was the location of the capital city of the Xia Dynasty (c. 21st-16th century BC) during its late period. It is the first central ...