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Sources of Shang History

The Oracle-Bone Inscriptions of Bronze Age China (Campus, No 335)

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An edition of Sources of Shang history (1978)

Sources of Shang History

The Oracle-Bone Inscriptions of Bronze Age China (Campus, No 335)

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The sources of Shang history is focused on the era of the eight or nine kings from Wu Ting to Ti Hsin for which contemporary Shang inscriptions, a series of divination inscriptions carved onto approximately one hundred thousand scapula and plastron fragments over three thousand years ago, are available.

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298

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Sources of Shang History: The Oracle-Bone Inscriptions of Bronze Age China (Campus, No 335)
July 25, 1985, University of California Press
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Cover of: Sources of Shang history
Sources of Shang history: the oracle-bone inscriptions of bronze age China
1978, University of California Press
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"Divining the future by the colorations, cracks, and other features of animal shoulder blades is a human custom widespread and venerable."

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
298
Dimensions
11.8 x 8.7 x 0.8 inches
Weight
2.3 pounds

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Open Library
OL7708993M
ISBN 10
0520054555
ISBN 13
9780520054554
OCLC/WorldCat
12876420
LibraryThing
1570676
Goodreads
9757

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OL7015475W

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