However, a new analysis of the mata’a by anthropologist Carl Lipo of Binghamton University and his team revealed that these so-called triangular weapons were not “used in warfare after all.” Scientists believe that these objects were used as weapons by the inhabitants. This theory is supported by the thousands of triangular objects known as mata’a that are found all over the island. The theory that many scientists believe and propagate involves massive infighting among the inhabitants caused by dwindling resources. One of the most enduring mysteries of the ancient civilization that flourished in Rapa Nui, Chile, beginning in the 13th century is the cause of its collapse. Fan believes that the inhabitants relocated to Jinsha after the river was rerouted. This theory is supported by historical records of earthquakes that occurred near Sanxingdui.
However, Niannian Fan from Tsinghua University in Chengdu, China, found these theories to be “not very convincing.” In 2014, he published research that details how an earthquake caused the Sanxingdui civilization to disappear.Īccording to Fan’s study, a massive earthquake almost 3,000 years ago “caused catastrophic landslides rerouted the flow of river.” The inhabitants simply moved closer to the new river flow. The two prevailing theories about Sanxingdui’s mysterious disappearance are war and flood. It was only rediscovered in 1929 when a peasant found jade and stone artifacts while repairing a sewage ditch. For thousands of years, this advanced culture was lost. Sanxingdui is an ancient Chinese civilization and settlement that flourished in the Sichuan Province of China.
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