The members of that first archeological team lived in a noisy, dusty brickworks dormitory for six straight years. They conducted digs throughout the entire Sanxingdui area and unearthed a number of housing and burial sites. What they failed to turn up, however, was the sacrificial burial pits with the bronzes that would one day attract attention throughout the world.
考古學家們住在又吵、灰塵又多的磚瓦廠宿舍裡，連續工作了六年，幾乎挖遍了整個三星堆地區，清理出了一些房屋遺址、墓葬等等，但是就是沒有挖到那兩個埋藏眾多青銅器、引起國際注目的祭祀坑。