An unlikely set of clues helps reconstruct ancient Chinese disasters

Warmer waters in the Pacific Ocean may have brought devastating floods to the cradle of ancient Chinese civilization, ...

Inland China experienced typhoon-related population decline 3,000 years ago, according to 'oracle bones,' AI and physics

Evidence suggests that China's "cradle of civilization" experienced marked climate disasters and social upheavals during the mid-late Holocene (around 3,000 years ago). However, the direct causes and ...
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Science news this week: Cannibal orcas in Russia, oracle bones that reveal climate disaster in ancient China, humming black holes and a barefoot volcanologist

Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

Climate disasters caused societal upheaval 3,000 years ago in China, study of 'oracle bones' hints

Some civilizations in inland China underwent dramatic changes and population drops 3,000 years ago. Now, researchers are ...
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15 Archaeological Discoveries That Changed How We See History

Throughout human history, our understanding of the past has been reset countless times based on what we think we know at the time. The same goes for other incredible archaeological discoveries that ...
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Calligraphy in oracle-bone script

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Dong Zuobin was one of the leading ...
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Chen, T., Qian, Y., Pei, J., Wu, S., Wu, J., Li, L., et al. (2020) A Study on Encoding-Based Oracle Bone Script Recognition. Journal of Chinese Writing Systems, 4, 281-290.

ABSTRACT: In this paper, the Isometric Mapping (ISOMAP) algorithm is applied to recognize oracle bone inscription images. First, the sample set undergoes denoising and size normalization as ...
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Oracle Bone Inscription Recognition Based on Isometric Mapping Algorithm ()

In this paper, the Isometric Mapping (ISOMAP) algorithm is applied to recognize oracle bone inscription images. First, the sample set undergoes denoising and size normalization as preprocessing steps.