Tomb pit held 6 sacrificial dog remains under corpses. 16 human slave skeletons lined tomb edges proving human sacrifice. Plebs glyph derived from blinded barbarian prisoner before sacrifice. Road glyph from intersection with impaled barbarian heads. Shang elites ritually brutalized and sacrificed humans. Confucius condemned even figurine burials as representing human sacrifice. Shang buried some victims alive to die inside tombs. Victims ritually killed before burial in many cases. Corpses collected mutilated and reburied. Oracle bones asked about burning own shamans for rituals. Shang conducted sacrifices of barbarian prisoners and slaves.
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