capital site of the last nine Shang kings. The limit of Yinxu, determined by the excavation
and survey data in the past 70 years, measures about 1700 ha. … The remains found at
Zhengzhou, some 150 km south of Anyang, are antecedent to those at Yinxu based on both
pottery and bronze typologies. The presence of the massive walled city may denote
Zhengzhou the status of a royal Shang capital, but the absence of written materials such as …