5 fast facts about Ancient China. Around 3,000 years ago, people in ancient China used "oracle bones" — tortoise shells or bones inscribed with Chinese writing — to predict the future.

However, investigation of the Fujia archaeological site in eastern China reveals a Neolithic community organized around two maternal clans — suggesting that this prehistoric society traced its ...

Archaeologists in Anhui, China, unearthed 75 ancient tombs, uncovering relics from the Warring States Period, Han Dynasty, and Song Dynasty kiln sites.

An archeological site Fujia, east China, has provided evidence of a matrilineal society dating back to 2750 to 2500 B.C.E. Researchers deem such a system "rare, especially in China." Price Database ...