This section dates back to the late Western Zhou Dynasty or 1046 B.C.E. to 771 ... consistent with semi-subterranean dwellings of the time period. They were likely inhabited by locals.

Those buried there belonged to two families related by marriage, and the cemetery contains the remains of at least four generations. Consanguineous marriage between cousins has been proven through the ...

"Pre-Zhou" refers to the period when the Zhou still paid allegiance to the Shang Dynasty and prospered in ... "For a long time, many scholars believed that Zhouyuan is where the ancestors of ...

With the rare emblems of the "Yasheng" and "Ge" clans, the discoveries have also filled the gap of relics dating back to the period between the late Shang Dynasty (c.1600BC-1046BC) and the Zhou ...

which can reveal the last time certain materials were exposed to light or heat. “This archaeological discovery pushes the construction date of the Great Wall back to the Western Zhou period ...