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ALTHOUGH archsiological research in China has not yet afforded confirmation of the annals of the third millennium B.C., with which its recorded traditions open, excavation in tho north and centre has brought to light not only cultures of the neolithic and bronze ages, but also inscriptions in a primitive script, which in a measure corroborate tradition and justify the attribution of authenticity to the dynasty of a period of some centuries before that of Cheo (1122 B.C.), hitherto regarded as the earliest dynaatic record worthy of any degree of credence. The west must now be added to the regions of China in which archaeological research has produced not only evidence of early civilisation, but also corroboration of a record which stands in a different category.
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Archæological Research in Western China. Nature 136, 346 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136346a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/136346a0