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| Scripts Development / Pictographic Inscription (契 刻 "Qi Ke") (10,000 - 2,000 B.C.) | ||||||
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(click image for closer view) or (click here to view a slideshow on the entire scripts development - requires monitor size 1024 x 768 pixels) |
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| Engraved Petroglyphs found in Jiangsu Province Paleolithic Period > 10,000 B.C. |
Engraved Petroglyphs found in Yunnan Province Neolithic Period 10,000-2,100 B.C. |
Pottery unearthed in Henan Province cir. 4,000 B.C. |
Engraved Bronze Vase cir. 500 B.C. |
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| Chinese characters were believed to begin as early as the Stone Age (Paleolithic Period). Upon archeological discoveries in various provinces in China, simple pictographic inscriptions on bones and potteries from 8000 to 6000 years ago were found. Yet, in present days, archeologists are still researching the meanings of these inscriptions and their relations to the linguistic symbols that were developed afterwards. | ||||||