The Mysterious Ancient Artifacts of Sanxingdui That Have Rewritten Chinese History

theepochtimes.com ^ | August 3, 2014 | April Holloway

[BenLurkin]

The objects found in the sacrificial pits included animal-faced sculptures and masks with dragon ears, open mouths and grinning teeth; human-like heads with gold foil masks; decorative animals including dragons, snakes, and birds; a giant wand, a sacrificial altar, a 4-meter-tall (13-foot-tall) bronze tree; axes, tablets, rings, knives, and hundreds of other unique items. Among the collection was also the world’s largest and best preserved bronze upright human figure, measuring 2.62 meters (8 feet).

However, by far the most striking findings were dozens of large bronze masks and heads represented with angular human features, exaggerated almond-shaped eyes, straight noses, square faces, and huge ears, features which don’t reflect those of Asian people.

The artifacts were radiocarbon dated to the 12th-11th centuries BC. They had been created using remarkably advanced bronze casting technology, which was acquired by adding lead to a combination of copper and tin, creating a stronger substance that could create substantially larger and heavier objects, such as the life-size human statue and the 4-meter-tall (13-foot-tall) tree.

[Boogieman]

From your third link:

“The researchers also concluded that the genetic data showed that the Polynesians and Micronesians were most closely related to Taiwan Aborigines and East Asians.”

Which is a bit more definitive than a single tall skeleton and one piece of pottery, so I’m unconvinced of your thesis.

It’s altogether possible that the current inhabitants weren’t the first settlers to the islands, though. They may have found other people already there when they arrived and just killed them or assimilated them without leaving much of a genetic trace.