#170万年前的人被发现了, why has the Xia Dynasty 4,000 years ago not been found? #
I believe that many history lovers have such a difficult feeling: is the evidence of the existence of the Xia Dynasty, can it be found? And some people are curious: why can humans find the remains of ancient humans dating back 1.7 million years, but they can't find the ruins of the Xia Dynasty from 4,000 years ago?
In fact, the difficulty of proving the existence of the Xia Dynasty lies in the lack of excavated cultural relics. This, in nature, is different from proving the existence of ancient humans.
1. Difficulty of the Xia Dynasty
For ancient humans 1.7 million years ago, as long as the fossils and remains of that era are excavated, and then the age of the ancient human beings is judged through relevant professional technology, the age of the ancient human life can be determined. However, for the confirmation of the Xia Dynasty, it is necessary to find excavated materials that can corroborate with historical materials and prove the Xia Dynasty. And this is also the most embarrassing thing in the current exploration of the Xia Dynasty.
According to the calculations of relevant experts, the establishment of the Xia Dynasty was about the 21st century BC and perished in the 18th century BC. The establishment of the Xia Dynasty dates back more than 4,000 years.
Looking at the archaeology community of the mainland today, Mo said that the cultural relics unearthed from 4,000 years ago, even the fossils of ancient humans from 40,000 years ago, have been found a lot. So far, it is doubly embarrassing that among the cultural relics equivalent to the Xia Dynasty period unearthed, there is not a single cultural relic that can be used as a basis for proving the existence of the Xia Dynasty.
For example, the Erlitou site is typical. Although the archaeological and historical circles regard the Erlitou site as the site of the Xia Dynasty, or the site of the early Shang and Pre-Shang dynasties, it is impossible to use the cultural relics excavated in Erlitou to prove the existence of the Xia Dynasty - because in addition to time, the excavated cultural relics of the Erlitou site are equivalent to the Xia Dynasty period, and in other aspects, there is no evidence to prove that the Erlitou site is the city of the Xia Dynasty. The city of the Xia Dynasty? Or an obscure tribal site? None of these can be found through the cultural relics unearthed in Erlitou.
2. The embarrassment of the Xia Dynasty
In fact, in a high probability, the evidence that can prove the existence of the Xia Dynasty is difficult to find. Because there were obvious differences between the Xia Dynasty and the Shang Dynasty.
In fact, at first, from the perspective of archaeological evidence, the physical evidence of the existence of Xia Shang was in a state of lack. Fortunately, the discovery of the Yin Ruins and the excavation of a large number of oracle bone materials prove the existence of the Shang Dynasty - because of the records of the oracle bones, it can be deduced that these artifacts were left over from the Shang Dynasty. What is even more exciting is that the excavation of many oracle bone materials has also given later generations a deep understanding of the situation of the Shang Dynasty. After all, this is all first-hand historical data.
Xiaobian remembers that there was a paper that mentioned that the Yin Shang monarch attached great importance to divination, and one day, the Shang king ordered the shaman to use the cow bone to divinate several times, and engraved the divination record on the cow bone. And this cow bone was fortunate to be found by future generations. Thus, we also know that one day more than three thousand years ago, the Shang King was in a very anxious state.
Not so with the Xia Dynasty. To date, no excavations of The Xia Dynasty script have been found. Since there are no written materials, it is naturally impossible to find a basis that can prove the existence of the Xia Dynasty.
Moreover, what is even more helpless is that from the perspective of productivity, it is also difficult to say whether the Xia Dynasty reached the level of civilization in creating writing during the Xia Dynasty. If there is no writing produced during the Xia Dynasty, it is naturally impossible to leave a written record of itself, then, for future generations, the excavated written materials of the Xia Dynasty will be something that can never be found - after all, since there is none, how can it be found?
In fact, the phenomenon of being in the state of the state of the state, but without writing, is not uncommon in world history: the Inca Empire in South America, for example, is typical.
Because of the lack of evidence, for a long time, the Xia Dynasty could only become a legend.