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Yinxu (Xiaotun, Anyang), Henan

The unread oracle bone characters 4 events 36.1267° N, 114.3139° E

Yinxu (Xiaotun, Anyang), Henan is an archaeological site in the record of unread oracle bone characters, placed to about 1 km.

Four events on the site happened here, between 1041 and 1936: The Zhou conquest ends the Anyang divination archive, and later Pit YH127 at Xiaotun yields over 17,000 inscribed pieces in one deposit.

Pit YH127 (1936) and the Huayuanzhuang East cache (1991) are within the site.

Written from the site's records. Improve it

Placed from Wikidata coordinates for Yinxu (Q1038224), the last Shang capital; the oracle-bone pits lie around Xiaotun village north-west of modern Anyang. · Placed to about 1 km

In the mysteries

The unread oracle bone characters

4 events

The mystery

What happened here 4

-1041The Zhou conquest ends the Anyang divination archive

-1249Divination records begin under King Wu Ding, dated by radiocarbon to 1254 to 1197 BC

Oct 1928Dong Zuobin opens the first scientific excavation at Xiaotun, Anyang

with Dong Zuobin

1936Pit YH127 at Xiaotun yields over 17,000 inscribed pieces in one deposit

Nearby within 500 km

National Museum of Chinese Writing, Anyang

museum

7 km E

Xujiayao, Nihewan Basin

open-air site

443 km N

National Museum of China, Beijing

museum

458 km NE

National Library of China, Beijing

library

460 km NE

People 1

Dong Zuobin

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Yinxu (Xiaotun, Anyang), Henan [Place PLC0DEDHVWWFS0K]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DEDHVWWFS0K

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  title     = {Yinxu (Xiaotun, Anyang), Henan},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Place, catalog key PLC0DEDHVWWFS0K},
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