Many Chinese archaeologists believe that Zhengzhou was the site of an early Shang capital, however most Western scholars have pointed out unlike the later Anyang settlement, no written records have been found at Erligang to link the archaeological remains with the official history.
Many Chinese archaeologists believe that Zhengzhou was the site of an early Shang capital, equating the Erligang culture with an early stage of the Shang Dynasty. Most Western scholars, however, have refrained from adopting this view, because unlike the later Anyang settlement, no written records have been found at Erligang to link the archaeological remains with the official history.