Exploring the Secret: Dig the Mausoleum of the First Emperor at the beginning

Chapter 143 Banpo Ruins ([-])

During the exploration period, Xu Maocai was truly a leader in field studies!
There are many methods used, the time is short, and the accuracy is high.

In addition to ground exploration and aerial reconnaissance, the methods used include drilling, geophysical prospecting and geochemical prospecting.

Aerial surveys involve analysis of shadow marks, soil marks, moisture marks, vegetation marks, etc.

During his work, he also patiently explained to the staff and students present.

Among them is the method of distinguishing soil marks. Because the soil color of underground archaeological remains is different from the soil color of natural strata, when the fields are plowed or leveled, they will show very conspicuous color spots.

The sign of vegetation is that the soil of the underground ruins often contains ash, organic matter, and humus. Its nutrients are naturally more than natural soil, and the plants on it grow well.

If it is rammed earth, stone wall foundation, or solid ancient road, the vegetation on it will lack nutrients and moisture and will not grow well.

This is the difference between positive and negative values ​​​​of vegetation!
The method of differentiation seems simple, through the color and tone of the vegetation.

However, on-the-spot analysis and comparison of regional selection are still relatively difficult to grasp.

He also demonstrated the correct drilling method on the spot!

His feet are in a T-step, his left foot is in front, his right foot is behind, and his body is leaning forward.

With your right hand on top, hold the pole and drop the shovel hard.

The left hand is down, which is to grasp the vertical falling direction of the handrail.

When picking up the shovel, move your back feet forward, stick your shoulders to the pole, and lift the pole quickly with both hands firmly and firmly!
Make sure the exploration hole is always vertical!

Every time he shoveled a shovel, he observed the soil sample in the shovel head, and then took a sample.

The exploration hole will then be filled with pure soil without any relics!

Including the position selection of the probe hole, in addition to the common method of general drilling, there is also a local porous layout method.

The staff at the site also had their eyes opened. It was the first time they saw such professional archaeological methods.

During this period, Lu Jian also took detailed records with a small notebook.

For example, the physical exploration method is because there are differences in electrical resistance, magnetism, elasticity, and radioactivity between buried relics underground and naturally formed soil and rocks.

The methods used are resistivity method, electromagnetic prospecting method and magnetic prospecting method!

Chemical exploration is a systematic analysis of the phosphorus, potassium, and nitrogen content in the soil.

Two days later, Luo Dan submitted the "Analysis Method Report on Archaeological Excavation at the Banpo Site" to Qin Chen.

Qin Chen looked at the first few lines of the report.

Location: On the second terrace on the east bank of the Chan River, 813 meters away from the river bed and [-] meters above the river bed
Excavation area: 12000~13000 square meters

Excavation methods: large-area exposure method, hierarchical excavation, and preservation method
Detection area: 5X5
……

After Qin Chen held a meeting with several senior experts in the institute to study it, he felt that it was feasible!

The Banpo ruins were officially excavated!
The experts involved are multi-faceted, not only history, ethnology, archaeology, but also experts in paleography, architecture, agriculture, anthropology, etc.

The first step is after the exploration and positioning of the ruins.

The second step is to remove the cultivated soil layer!
Rodin chose a very professional method, adopting the method of comprehensive disclosure and original preservation, which can not only analyze the relationship between the phenomena of various relics.

Moreover, they can have an overall grasp of the excavated parts of the ruins and have a more vivid and intuitive observation of the ruins.

When they officially entered the cultural relics and relics layer, every archaeological digger was cautious.

I am afraid that if I am not careful, I will destroy the cultural relics more than 6000 years ago.

Lu Jian followed closely throughout the process. He didn't have professional excavation skills, so he could only start from scratch.

But we can further see how the cultural relics are excavated and how the cultural relics are unearthed.

In short, being able to participate in this excavation has benefited him a lot.

At this time, the ruins began to reveal their original appearance.

Stone shovels, clam knives, stone hoes, stone scrapers, pottery pots, pottery bowls and other cultural relics have also been unearthed one after another.

However, when they were unearthed, almost all of them were broken and incomplete.

And Lu Jian was also observing the unearthed appearance of these cultural relics, and kept thinking about the restoration method in his mind.

As soon as the excavation work began, Rodin fell into a busy work.

And he never ignored Lu Jian's existence!

More because of Lu Jian's weird performance.

This junior is very strange, I have never seen him talking to others.

Most of the time, I help the archaeologists get a tool, and the rest of the time is to see how the cultural relics are unearthed.

And look at those unearthed cultural relic fragments!
From time to time, I would wear gloves and check a few times.

For these things, even though Rodin was busy, they all fell in her eyes when they worked together.

It has been more than ten days since we broke ground and excavated!

As the general manager, Luo Dan naturally cared about the internship situation of these six students.

After all, it was Director Qin who asked him by name to learn and participate in the excavation work.

At noon one day, she noticed that Lu Jian had been looking at a pile of broken pottery for over an hour.

"What are you looking at here?"

"Look at these pieces of pottery, what can you see?"

"There are so many fragments, you can't see anything!"

Lu Jian picked out more than ten fragments from the pile of fragments!
"Look, these broken pieces of pottery are assembled into a faience basin!"

"You just want to tell me this, but you are so powerful that you can pick out a fragment of an artifact from hundreds of fragments."

"It's very simple. It's easy to find with the trace fragmentation method. I didn't mean to tell you this."

"That is!"

"This object is called a painted pottery basin. It is 16.5 centimeters high and 39.8 centimeters in diameter. The clay is made of red pottery."

"The lips are open and curled, with intermittent black ribbons painted on the edge of the mouth, and two sets of symmetrical human-mask fish patterns are painted in black on the inner wall. The human face is round, and the eyes are thin and straight..."

"This painted pottery basin is the most peculiar in style among the 785 pieces of pottery that have been unearthed, and it is also the one with the most distinctive meaning!"

Rodin looked towards the pile of debris!

There are really decorative lines on it!
It's just that she was curious about how Lu Jian could tell.

But how did the other party see the restored height and caliber of the pile of fragments!

"This painted pottery basin shows that our ancestors have possessed transcendent aesthetic wisdom and artistic creation talents since ancient times. I initially estimate that after restoration, it should be a national treasure-level cultural relic!"

Rodin seemed unwilling to believe it!
He just smiled and said: "I hope what you said is true!"

"My judgment will not be wrong!"

"Why are you so confident?"

"Because I can't be wrong!"

Rodin's face was full of doubts, this was the first time.

It was the first time since he met the other party that he had such a confident look on his face!
"When it is repaired in the future, I will naturally know whether you are right or wrong. But I hope you are right!"

A staff member at the excavation site came to report to Rodin.

And Lu Jian continued to look at the pile of pottery fragments!

……

He is [-]% sure in his heart!

He can restore [-]% of the cultural relics that have been unearthed!

But as for when to start repairing it, we have to wait for Qin Chen's notification.

(End of this chapter)