Identification of oracle bones and excavation of Yinxu
Identificación de los huesos oraculares y excavación de Yinxu
- Date
- 1899 (identificación) / 1928 (excavación) · confidence high
- Place
- Anyang (Yinxu), Henan, China
- Credited to
- Wang Yirong and Liu E; excavations by Academia Sinica (Li Ji, Dong Zuobin)
- People
- 👤 Wang Yirong1845–1900
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
Wang Yirong recognised archaic inscriptions on 'dragon bones' sold as medicine, and from 1928 the Shang capital of Yinxu was excavated. It demonstrated the historicity of the Shang dynasty.
What it led to
- scientific archaeology in China
- Shang chronology based on inscriptions