# David N. Keightley 1978: Sources of Shang History: The Oracle-Bone Inscriptions of Bronze Age China

> David N. Keightley, 1978. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The standard English handbook on the oracle-bone inscriptions: how a divination…

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# Sources of Shang History: The Oracle-Bone Inscriptions of Bronze Age China

David N. Keightley, 1978.

**Unread oracle bone characters** Book0

## What it's used for here

The standard English handbook on the oracle-bone inscriptions: how a divination record is structured, how the corpus was found and published, Dong Zuobin's periodization and the collections. University of California Press, Berkeley.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[Pit YH127 archive, Xiaotun North (Academia Sinica)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oracle-bone-undeciphered/artifacts/ART0DEDNMYN2V62/pit-yh127-archive-xiaotun-north-academia-sinica)

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[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)

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[Wang Yirong recognises the marks on bones sold in Beijing as ancient Chinese writing](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oracle-bone-undeciphered/events/EVT0DEDMT70B3QE/wang-yirong-recognises-the-marks-on-bones-sold-in-beijing-as)

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[David N. Keightley](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDJNBFM8SR/david-n-keightley)

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[Wang Yirong](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDJKZ9S54Q/wang-yirong)

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

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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David N. Keightley (1978). Sources of Shang History: The Oracle-Bone Inscriptions of Bronze Age China. https://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BA03282015
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[Find it at ci.nii.ac.jp](https://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BA03282015)

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