# Yinxu (Xiaotun, Anyang), Henan · Place

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

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# Yinxu (Xiaotun, Anyang), Henan

[The unread oracle bone characters](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oracle-bone-undeciphered)[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.

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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 ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oracle-bone-undeciphered)

## What happened here 4

-1041[The Zhou conquest ends the Anyang divination archive](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oracle-bone-undeciphered/events/EVT0DEDMSWEHPTT/the-zhou-conquest-ends-the-anyang-divination-archive)

-1249[Divination records begin under King Wu Ding, dated by radiocarbon to 1254 to 1197 BC](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oracle-bone-undeciphered/events/EVT0DEDMSHVKSZX/divination-records-begin-under-king-wu-ding-dated-by)

Oct 1928[Dong Zuobin opens the first scientific excavation at Xiaotun, Anyang](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oracle-bone-undeciphered/events/EVT0DEDMTWVH9BZ/dong-zuobin-opens-the-first-scientific-excavation-at-xiaotun)

with [Dong Zuobin](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDJMJFQ1RB/dong-zuobin)

1936[Pit YH127 at Xiaotun yields over 17,000 inscribed pieces in one deposit](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oracle-bone-undeciphered/events/EVT0DEDMVMCDN1E/pit-yh127-at-xiaotun-yields-over-17-000-inscribed-pieces-in)

## Nearby within 500 km

[National Museum of Chinese Writing, Anyang](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDJ42NMZ3X/national-museum-of-chinese-writing-anyang)

museum

7 km E

[Xujiayao, Nihewan Basin](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CZKZ62A712B/xujiayao-nihewan-basin)

open-air site

443 km N

[National Museum of China, Beijing](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDJ5QZSV6B/national-museum-of-china-beijing)

museum

458 km NE

[National Library of China, Beijing](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDJ4MP2HBA/national-library-of-china-beijing)

library

460 km NE

## People 1

[DZ

**Dong Zuobin**

](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDJMJFQ1RB/dong-zuobin)

## Cite it

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

**PLC** 0DEDHVWWFS0K

Record

Place

Kind

Archaeological site

Position

36.1267° N, 114.3139° E

Precision

About 1 km

Placed from

Wikidata coordinates for Yinxu (Q1038224), the last Shang capital; the oracle-bone pits lie around Xiaotun village north-west of modern Anyang.

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[ Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1038224)

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