Qinghai in early September is really not ordinarily hot.

Even if you wear a sunhat and sunscreen sleeves, you can't stand it.

It was just over 11 o'clock in the morning, and the temperature on the construction site was already frighteningly high, with the surface temperature approaching 50 degrees.

Even if Chen Han really loves archaeology, his enthusiasm has been defeated in the face of high temperatures.

In such a hot weather, it was naturally impossible to carry out excavation work at noon.

At 11 o'clock, all the archaeologists and villagers invited from the village evacuated the construction site and ran to the mobile board house that had been temporarily erected next to the construction site to escape the heat.

Chen Han and other people from the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences also gathered together again, and while eating lunch, it could be regarded as an internal routine meeting.

Kong Wenjian still looked like the old god was there, looked around, and after making sure that everyone was there, he took a few leisurely sips of the teacup before starting the meeting unhurriedly.

"I'll tell you something."

"The situation on this side of the Lajia ruins can't be solved by us archaeologists alone."

"The main persons in charge of our various institutes have gathered and discussed for a long time, and have also found some relevant proofs."

"It can be preliminarily judged that the bones buried at the Lajia site can exclude all human factors, including living priests."

"It is certain that the death was sudden, most likely due to a natural disaster."

"We found a lot of red clay at the clean-up sites at several sites, which looked very much like sediment sediment."

"During the subsequent excavations, a huge crack was found in the ground of the F7 site."

"Large cracks were also found in the square, on the edge of the altar, and on the edge of the wall."

"It's very puzzling to us."

"The appearance of red clay may indicate that the Lajia site has suffered from a large flood, possibly a major flood."

"But the cracks in the ground are the traces of a large earthquake."

"These discoveries have brought our archaeological work to an impasse, after all, we are not a geology professional, and we have no way of figuring out which natural disaster caused the destruction of the Lajia site."

"So my colleagues from the Qinghai Institute of Archaeology have already applied for support again."

"Next, a group of geologists will come to Lajia Village to assist us in the follow-up archaeological work, carry out geological work, and hope to uncover the cause of the sudden destruction of the Lajia site."

Speaking of this, Kong Wenjian paused and took another sip of tea.

"But we also have great discoveries in terms of archaeological excavations."

"You all know the artificially piled altar found on the north side of the small square, right?"

Facing Kong Wenjian's questioning gaze, everyone present, including Chen Han, who was immersed in cooking, hurriedly nodded.

The discovery of the altar can be said to be the most heavyweight archaeological discovery at the Lajia site in the past month, and who dares not to know, it means that who has not taken the work to heart!

No one dares to carry this pot!

"Teacher, are there any heavyweight cultural relics unearthed from the altar?" Chen Han raised his head from the big rice bowl and asked curiously.

Sure enough, Kong Wenjian nodded with a smile: "In the center of the top of the altar, colleagues from the Qinghai Archaeological Institute found a rectangular vertical pit tomb. ”

"I just discovered it today, and I haven't had time to excavate it yet."

"However, the fact that this tomb pit can appear in the center of the altar is enough to show how special the identity of the owner of the tomb is."

Truly.

Chen Han nodded excitedly, eager to rush to the altar to see the tomb now!

In prehistoric times, no, it should be said that throughout antiquity, the "altar" has always been the most important thing of a civilization.

The appearance of the altar represents that this civilization has entered the "theological" period, and there is already a primitive worship of gods, or ancestors.

The older the period, the higher the importance of the altar.

In Neolithic tribes like this, the "clergy" who usually mastered theology was the supreme leader of the tribe!

And to be able to bury the tomb on the altar, the identity of the tomb owner is definitely the highest one in the tribe, and it may be the leader of the tribe, or the "high priest" and "wizard" of the tribe.

It is even possible that this altar was used to worship the owner of the tomb!

Perhaps he was the founder of the Lajia ruins, or perhaps he was the first tribal leader or the first priest of the Lajia ancestors.

In short, the identity is absolutely unusual.

And in his tomb, there is a high probability that there will be the most heavyweight burial goods in the entire Lajia site!

"Teacher, can I go to the scene and have a look?" Chen Han couldn't wait to ask.

Su Sa and Zhuang Yunpeng, as well as a few other young people who were studying for PhDs with other researchers, also looked at Kong Wenjian expectantly.

This is probably the most important burial pit in the entire Lajia site, and it is the tomb of the eldest brother of the chief.

It would be a shame not to see the excavation site in the first place.

After all, you haven't seen much of the world!

It's a pity, Kong Wenjian shook his head: "The comrades of the Qinghai Archaeological Institute are already carrying out excavation work over there. ”

"What are you guys running over to make a fuss about, adding to the chaos!"

"Have you unearthed all the probes you have at hand?"

"If you're too idle, I'll arrange a few more probes for you?"

Hearing this, Zhuang Yunpeng rolled his eyes, a little dissatisfied.

He was not dissatisfied with Kong Wenjian, but with the people at the Qinghai Archaeological Institute.

After following the teacher for more than three years, he still knows very well that the teacher is a human being, and it is impossible to be so harsh.

Eighty percent of them are people from the Qinghai Archaeological Institute.

He muttered in a low voice: "The people at the Qinghai Institute of Archaeology are really stingy, don't they just see that we are from the Academy of Social Sciences, and they are afraid that we will take credit." ”

"Take a look at the side and there won't be a piece of meat missing."

In recent years, especially after 2010, with the growth of the talent pool and establishment of local archaeological institutes, local archaeological institutes are increasingly reluctant to welcome the archaeological institutes of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences to excavate.

In local parlance, they think that people from the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences are stealing credit.

Because as long as the people from the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences go to the locality, they must form a joint archaeological team with the locality.

In this way, the corresponding archaeological merit and honor will have to be divided in half.

For example, after the Qinghai Institute of Archaeology requested support for the archaeological work of the Lajia site, the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Qinghai Institute formed a joint archaeological team.

As soon as it was transformed, the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences became half the owner of the Lajia site.

The remaining archaeological teams from other provinces, cities and museums are just helpers invited by the owner.

Later, when the results report was published, the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Qinghai Institute of Archaeology appeared in the list of reporters.

Other archaeological institutes can only appear on the list of thanks.

If you come and don't leave, you have to share the credit, and the archaeology of the Academy of Social Sciences can be liked by the local place to have a ghost.

In particular, among so many archaeological institutions in China, only people from the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences can travel around the country to do projects and conduct joint archaeological teams.

Other local archaeological institutes can only carry out archaeological work in their own provinces, and even if they want to do research on any topics, they can only do them in their own provinces.

In this way, everyone is even less interested in seeing people from the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, which is called envy and jealousy.

This is the only one in the country, and it was all a royal privilege in ancient times!

Therefore, the people of the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences go to the local joint archaeology, and they try to accommodate the local area in small matters, and they will also make some concessions.

We can't let the local comrades feel unbalanced!

"When the grave is almost excavated, the situation will naturally let you know, why are you in a hurry?"

Kong Wenjian glanced at Zhuang Yunpeng and stopped his complaints.

"Alright, that's what happened."

"After eating, let's all go to rest, take a nap, and continue digging in the afternoon."

"Adjournment!"