A recent archaeological seminar in East China's Anhui Province revealed that the Shenduntou site, a typical Zhou Dynasty (1046BC ... including clay molds and bronze knives, which are associated ...

Among the unearthed findings is a tin-bronze knife, one of the oldest bronze artifacts discovered in China as well as one of the oldest tin-bronze artifacts found on the Eurasian steppe ...

and this bronze, made about 1000 BC, is just such a document. It's part of the story about the end of one Chinese dynasty - the Shang - and the beginning of another one - the Zhou. The Shang ...