Ma kahi kokoke i hoʻokahi haneli ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka ʻeli ʻana i ka ʻeli ʻana ma Yinxu ma Anyang, ka ʻāina ʻo Henan, ke kōkua nei nā ʻike hou i ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā pae mua o ka moʻomeheu Kina.

ʻO ka pūnaewele 3,300 makahiki ka mea i ʻike nui ʻia ʻo ka home o nā mea keleawe melemele nani a me nā palapala iwi ʻōlelo, ka ʻōnaehana kākau Kina kahiko loa. ʻO ka ulu ʻana o nā huaʻōlelo i kākau ʻia ma nā iwi i ʻike ʻia he hōʻailona o ka laina mau o ka moʻomeheu Kina.

ʻO nā palapala, i kālai nui ʻia ma nā iwi honu a me nā iwi bipi no ka kilokilo a i ʻole ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā hanana, e hōʻike ana i ka pūnaewele ʻo Yinxu kahi o ke kapikala o ka mōʻī Shang i hala (c.16th century-11th century BC). Ua kākau pū ʻia nā palapala i ka nohona o nā kānaka i kēlā me kēia lā.

Ma ka kikokikona, mahalo ka poʻe i ko lākou kapikala ʻo Dayishang, a i ʻole "ke kūlanakauhale nui o Shang".