Sanxingdui No. 8 sacrificial pit archaeological base.

Chen Han lay on the floating plank, beating his waist while continuing to clean a bronze urn.

This is a common bronze vessel of the Shang Dynasty, which evolved from the pottery urn that appeared in the earliest Neolithic period.

Extravagant mouth, straight neck slightly bundled, folded shoulders, deep abdomen, high hoop feet slightly outward, with typical Shang Dynasty characteristics.

It is not uncommon to find merchant-style bronzes in Sanxingdui.

Chen Han didn't have any waves in his heart, he only felt that his waist was sore.

He felt that his psoas muscles had worn out at a young age, and if he continued to dig like this, he was afraid that after the end of this season, he would have to go to the hospital to recuperate and recuperate his waist.

This posture of lying on a floating wooden board and digging down the sacrificial pit is really difficult!

"Senior Brother Chen!"

A shouting body attracted Chen Han's attention.

He looked up from the floating plank and looked at the door of the archaeological shed.

Lin Ya trotted in and shouted loudly: "Senior Brother Chen, your senior brother has come to the party, do you want to go and meet him?" ”

"Senior brother? Which brother? Chen Han asked suspiciously.

"Mr. Xie Dafei, who graduated from Peking University!"

Chen Han nodded suddenly!

Xie Dafei, currently the director of the Sanxingdui Institute of Archaeology!

And he is a very young archaeologist!

said that he was a senior brother, but in fact, this Mr. Xie Dafei was 12 years earlier than Chen Han.

But it took 12 years for people to become the director of the Sanxingdui Institute of Archaeology, which shows how superb its archaeological level is!

Chen Han stood up suddenly, crawled out of the sacrificial pit, took off his protective clothing, and walked out of the shed.

This Senior Brother Xie Dafei, he has admired his name for a long time.

After graduating from university, Senior Brother Xie Dafei focused on Sanxingdui archaeology, and came to the Sichuan Basin for 12 years.

It can be said that he is the one who knows the most about Sanxingdui archaeology.

Don't look at Sanxingdui, there seems to be no amazing discovery in the past ten years.

But in fact, Sanxingdui organizes large-scale field excavations every year during the excavation season, and groups of archaeologists from all over the country rush to the rural fields of Guanghan to carry out various field archaeological work.

And the person who is responsible for organizing these field archaeological work and giving them a back-up is Mr. Xie Dafei.

With a nervous feeling of wanting to see the great god, Chen Han walked quickly to the field excavation site outside the shed.

From afar, he saw a cute and chubby figure, chatting with Qin Zhan, the "pit chief" of this exploration.

"Senior Brother Xie!"

Chen Han walked quickly to this chubby figure and humbly stretched out his hand: "I am Chen Han, a graduate of Peking University in the 16th class, and I am now working at the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Social Sciences, responsible for the excavation and cleaning of the No. 8 sacrificial pit!" ”

Xie Dafei turned around and looked at Chen Han with a smile, and patted him on the shoulder enthusiastically: "Chen Han, right, I know you!" ”

"Oh, professors at school, you don't talk to me about you!"

"The tombs of the nobles of the Zeng Kingdom that you participated in the excavation, as well as the tomb of the Marquis of Haidu, which caused a national sensation, are all amazing!"

I didn't expect the senior brother to know that Chen Han had such a little surprise.

In fact, he was completely unaware of his fame.

Not to mention that now "Mr. Chen, who loves archaeology" is the head popular science account in the field of archaeology.

Let's just say that several excavation projects he participated in have caused a sensation in the Chinese archaeological community.

The only one that relies on archaeology to clarify the lineage of the underground vassal states "Zeng (Sui) State", as well as the tomb of the Marquis of Haidu, which was hotly discussed on the whole network some time ago.

But as long as you are an insider, you know these two big archaeological projects, and you also know Chen Han as a participant!

His papers have been published in "Han River Archaeology" and "Archaeology" in recent years!

"Senior Brother Xie, why did you come to our archaeological base...?" Chen Han asked with some excitement.

Xie Dafei waved his hand: "Haha, it's nothing, let's take a look at the progress of the field on your side by the way, didn't you say that you found a sacrificial building." ”

"By the way, Senior Brother Chen, you have been here for so long since the archaeology of the Academy of Social Sciences, haven't you been exposed to the field archaeology here in Sanxingdui?"

"It's not okay to squat in the excavation shed of the sacrificial pit every day, and field archaeology is also very important."

Chen Han scratched his head.

Xie Dafei is the person in charge of Sanxingdui field archaeological work.

What is field archaeology?

To put it simply, it is to open a survey in the open air in the farmland, and then squat in the exploration to find traces of ruins, civilization, and cultural layers, which is field archaeology.

This kind of field archaeology generally follows the excavation season.

In other words, large-scale field archaeology is carried out every year from spring to summer, backfilled in the fall, and continued after winter.

Areas such as the Moon Bay City Wall in Sanxingdui, the West City Wall, the Qingguan Mountain Ruins, and the Rensheng Village Cemetery are subject to large-scale field archaeology during the annual excavation season.

And Xie Dafei is wandering between various construction sites, and if he encounters difficulties at any construction site, he will come to him for help.

Usually when no one asks him for help, he will also run back and forth between the various construction sites to check the progress and take the initiative to participate in the work.

In short, Xie Dafei is the general person in charge of the entire field excavation work, and he is the last guarantee in terms of technology!

"Senior brother, after coming to Sanxingdui, we have been busy extracting the sacrificial offerings in the No. 8 sacrificial pit."

Chen Han shrugged his shoulders helplessly: "There are too many cultural relics in the sacrificial pit, there are thousands of numbered ones, and I really don't have time to go to the field construction site." ”

He's not perfunctory, he's really busy.

The team from the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences came to support the extraction of the sacrificial pit.

and field archaeology are indeed two systems.

The archaeological work in charge of field archaeology is basically the responsibility of the local Sichuan and archaeological teams from all over the country.

And many of them are led by teachers from colleges and universities to intern.

After all, field archaeology is such a thing, most of the time is digging a square exploration square, and then looking for some traces such as pottery shards in the exploration square, marking the stratification of geological layers, looking for traces of human activities, and looking for the ruins of the ancient Shu Kingdom.

All in all, it's a time-consuming, but not so difficult, at least students can participate in internships.

However, the extraction of cultural relics from the sacrificial pit is different.

This thing is a serious thing to face to face with cultural relics, and they are the most exquisite cultural relics of Sanxingdui civilization, and they must be professional elites to have fun.

Otherwise, if you accidentally break the cultural relics, or break them or something, it will be a lot of fun.

When Chen Han and his family were working, they had to work with 150% concentration, and they were so busy every day that they didn't touch the ground, and they really didn't have time to visit other construction sites.

But Xie Dafei doesn't think so.

He laughed and hugged Chen Han's shoulder: "Senior Brother Chen, let's go, Senior Brother will take you to other construction sites!" ”