-They are called oracle bones because the writingdeals with divination and is carved on bone。
-dating from the late Shang Period (c. 1200 B.C.).
-The oracle bones have taught scholars muchabout the Shang Dynasty. About 150,000 of these were found in AnYang, in the northern province of Henan, China, beginning in 1899
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