[mr jakob]

Case in point, the Chinese character for house may bear some resemblance to a house, and could be descended from a picture of a house (this is just hypothetical). However, would finding a carving of a house constitute find early Chinese writing? (rhetorical). It's debatable at least

That was a really bad example for your point. The Chinese character for "house/home" is actually a pictograph of a roof over a pig, and looks nothing like a house. Presumably, if you find a carving of a roof over a pig-like animal and the context suggests that it means "house", then you actually have a fairly convincing argument that there is a connection between the carvings and later Chinese characters.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

As the comment stated, it was hypothetical—not versed in Chinese writing (or language in general). Appreciate your pointing the pig over a roof thing, but the main point still stands: that finding a carving doesn’t necessarily translate into proof of writing even if that writing is in somewhat pictographic form.

[Exit148]

The oracle bone form of the roof/pig is supposed to show a pig ready for sacrifice in the home. But one of my books says that an earlier form shows 3 people under a roof —man/woman/child.