The Oracle Bone Inscriptions from Huayuanzhuang East

The Huayuanzhuang East oracle bone inscriptions form a corpus of more than 2500 individual divination accounts, which were engraved on turtle shells and bovine scapulae in the late Shang dynasty (c. 1200 B.C.). The book offers the first complete English annotation of these fascinating epigraphic tex...

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Main Author Schwartz, Adam C
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2020
SeriesLibrary of Sinology
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Ancient World
Archaeology
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Australasian and Pacific history
Historical states, empires, territories and regions
History
History and Archaeology
Interdisciplinary studies
Language and Linguistics
Linguistics
Oracle bone inscriptions Paleography Early China
Other geographical groupings: Oceans and seas, historical, political etc
Palaeography
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ISBN1501505335
9781501505331
1501514482
9781501514487
DOI10.1515/9781501505331

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Summary:The Huayuanzhuang East oracle bone inscriptions form a corpus of more than 2500 individual divination accounts, which were engraved on turtle shells and bovine scapulae in the late Shang dynasty (c. 1200 B.C.). The book offers the first complete English annotation of these fascinating epigraphic texts and introduces the reader to key aspects of daily life in early Chinese civilization.
ISBN:1501505335
9781501505331
1501514482
9781501514487
DOI:10.1515/9781501505331