The leader of the dig was Chen De'an, who currently serves as assistant director of the Sanxingdui Museum. Chen has now been directly involved in archeological excavations at Sanxingdui for nearly 20 years.
現任三星堆博物館副館長的陳德安就是當時考古隊隊長，二十年來一直站在三星堆文物發掘的第一線上。