Event · Unread oracle bone characters

Dong Zuobin opens the first scientific excavation at Xiaotun, Anyang

After finding villagers still selling bones in summer 1928, Dong Zuobin supervises the first season of excavation for the Institute of History and Philology; the campaigns run to 1937 and recover about 20,000 pieces.

Involves 1

Dong Zuobin

Person

FIG

Cites 2

Jiaguwen duandai yanjiu li (Examples of Research on the Periodization of Oracle-Bone Inscriptions)

SRC

Oracle bone (Wikipedia article, used as a pointer to collection counts and excavation history)

SRC

Happened to 1

The unread oracle bone characters

MYS

At 1

Yinxu (Xiaotun, Anyang), Henan

Place

PLC

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Dong Zuobin opens the first scientific excavation at Xiaotun, Anyang [Event EVT0DEDMTWVH9BZ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVT0DEDMTWVH9BZ

@misc{mysteriesdept_evt0dedmtwvh9bz,
  title     = {Dong Zuobin opens the first scientific excavation at Xiaotun, Anyang},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Event, catalog key EVT0DEDMTWVH9BZ},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVT0DEDMTWVH9BZ}
}