Battlefield relics in Meishan, Sichuan province -- Late Ming Dynasty. The photo shows a hoard used in silver transportation found at an ancient battlefield in Meishan. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Archaeologists encountered artifacts at the site of a peasant uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) from the Jiangkou stretch of the Minjiang River in Meishan, Southwest China's Sichuan province.