Master Archaeologist

Chapter 15 Is this noodles? !
More than two o'clock in the afternoon.

After finishing the routine small meeting in the institute, and sleeping on the straw mat in the mobile board room for a while to replenish his energy, Chen Han devoted himself to the excavation work again.

Although, it was still hot at two o'clock in the afternoon.

But let's do archaeology.

Regardless of severe cold or intense heat, regardless of rain, hail, heavy snow or strong wind.

As long as there is a construction site, you must arrive on time every day, all year round!
It is already very good to be able to spread out a straw mat and take a nap at the hottest time at noon.

Chen Han didn't feel too bitter.

Maybe it's because I like it, sometimes love can last for a long time, it's not an empty chicken soup.

At least at this time, Chen Han, who was constantly digging the soil under the sun under the high temperature of [-] degrees, was enjoying it.

The F20 probe is very large.

The area of ​​the house is 30 square meters, which is enough for Chen Han and the four of them to clean up for a long time.

Large stone chimes, oracle bones, painted pottery girder jars, lacquer boxes, bone knives, pottery knives, jade axes, stone spears and other cultural relics were discovered and excavated from the exploration.

Every cultural relic represents the highly developed handicraft industry of the ancestors of the Lajia site.

As the ancestors of the late Neolithic period, the stone and jade crafts at the Lajia site have reached the peak level of prehistoric civilization.

The only pity is that not a single bronze vessel was found.

This means that the Lajia site has been destroyed before it experienced the transition from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age.

Another half month of exploration.

The 30-square-meter detection area has basically been cleaned up in sevens and eighties.

All kinds of stone tools and pottery that were originally pressed under the soil layer have been cleared out by Chen Han and the others, and they are exposed in the Tan Fang one by one.

"Phew, it's finally almost cleaned up." Chen Han put his hips on his hips, with an expression that could overwhelm him.

It took the four of them only one and a half months to clean up the 30-square-meter detection square, which is really fast.

Among them, Chen Han handled almost one-third of the workload alone!

Of course he can be proud.

"Don't get intoxicated, there are no outsiders here." Zhuang Yunpeng shook his head funny, shook the camera in his hand at Chen Han, and said:
"Hurry up and take pictures and record them, and then organize and gather these cultural relics."

The final link of cleaning and excavation is naturally to take pictures of the cleared cultural relics and archive them, then uncover the cultural relics and keep them properly.

Cultural relics such as stone tools, pottery, jade, and bronze ware that will not be corroded when exposed to air, let alone undergo any oxidation reaction, are not in a hurry to be loaded and taken away as soon as they are unearthed.

Unlike some silk fabrics and painted paints, after being exposed to the air, it oxidizes in a few minutes, leaving nothing behind.

Therefore, Zhuang Yunpeng and the others were more casual, chatting and laughing, while taking pictures of the cultural relics in the F20 exploration square.

After Chen Han sat on his hips for a while, he also joined them.

Every student in the Department of Archeology has learned photography techniques when they were studying at school.

Of course, it cannot be compared with the professional students of the photography department.

But how to take clear photos of the unearthed cultural relics and how to deal with the shooting angle, Chen Han is still handy.

Facing the freshly unearthed cultural relics on the ground, Chen Han took a camera to take pictures from various angles, and took a complete picture of the appearance of each cultural relic when it was unearthed.

Seriously, it's like a police officer collecting evidence at a murder scene.

"Crack, click."

"Crack, click."

Patted and clapped, a pottery bowl turned upside down on the ground, with an amphora leaning on it sideways, caught his attention.

After taking pictures of the two unearthed artifacts, Chen Han squatted down and frowned.

The premonition that had been lingering in his heart suddenly became clear again.

He inexplicably felt that there was something unusual about the seemingly ordinary upside-down pottery bowl in front of him.

"Senior Brother Zhuang, Senior Sister Su, come here!" Chen Han quickly raised his head and waved to the senior brothers and sisters.

"What's wrong?" Zhuang Yunpeng and Su Sa rushed over after hearing the sound.

"Looking at this pottery bowl, do you feel anything special?"

Following the direction of Chen Han's finger, the two looked at the pottery bowl that was upside down on the ground.

"Uh..." Zhuang Yunpeng looked at it twice and scratched his head: "Isn't this a typical pottery bowl of Qijia culture? What's so special about it?"

"The diameter of the mouth of the bowl is only about ten centimeters, which is no different from our modern bowls." Su Sa also nodded.

"The depth is not too deep, it's not very special, it's just a relatively ordinary bowl."

The bowl has basically not changed much from prehistoric times to modern times, from shape to appearance.

To say something special, that is, some ancient bowls have exquisite paintings or carvings on the bowls, so that the exquisitely made bowls can be considered special.

The unremarkable original pottery bowl in front of me, whose color is no different from the soil on the ground, is definitely not special.

But Chen Han still frowned, and his intuition told him that this bowl is definitely not simple!
"Upside down"

After Chen Han muttered to himself twice, he had a flash of inspiration.

Such an upside-down bowl, maybe the bowl is really ordinary, but will there be something special upside down in it?
Thinking of this, Chen Han quickly stretched out his hand and straightened the clay pot leaning on the pottery bowl.

Then holding the body of the pottery bowl with both hands, carefully and slowly uncover the upside-down bowl.

"S!"

Zhuang Yunpeng, who saw the situation under the bowl for the first time, took a deep breath and shouted in a trembling voice: "What is this?!"

Chen Han froze for a moment, then quickly lowered his head and looked down.

I saw that after the pottery bowl was lifted, the first thing that was exposed was a pile of dirt that was upside down on the ground, the shape was the same as the pottery bowl.

This is not surprising.

But an unexpected scene appeared!

At the top of this upside-down mound of dirt, that is, at the bottom of the bowl, more than a dozen curly strips that are still glowing with light yellow are twisted and twisted on top!

All three were shocked.

Zhang Jianbo, who was attracted by their surprise, shouted in a split voice: "This is noodles?!"

"impossible!"

Although he said it was impossible, but out of professional instinct, Zhang Jianbo immediately picked up the camera on his chest, adjusted the focus, and took several photos of the curly strip.

"The Chinese people 4000 years ago already mastered the craft of making noodles?"

"No, how could the noodles be preserved for 4000 years?!"

Zhang Jianbo was muttering words, and his mind was almost blown by this important discovery.

Noodles contain a lot of carbohydrates, not to mention thousands of years of preservation, even a few months, it is enough to rot and deteriorate and be decomposed.

How could it be preserved in the soil until now?
Chen Han, Zhuang Yunpeng, and Su Sa also stared at each other for a while, recovering from the shock, rationality regained control of IQ, and suppressed the crazy thoughts in their hearts.

Although it looks similar, the possibility of this thing being noodles is too low and too unrealistic.

However, this thing that looks like noodles in shape and color, if it is not noodles, then what is it?
　In fact, all the unearthed cultural relics were photographed and recorded at the first time, and they were collected at the first time.

　　I just delayed this step for the sake of the plot, don't worry about it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)