Master Archaeologist

"The tooth was smashed."

"Look, it's several dollars."

Kong Jianwen frowned, and while cleaning the mud covered on his teeth, he tilted his head to discuss with Director Wen.

Chen Han, Zhuang Yunpeng, Lin Ya and the others also gathered around and looked out.

Because of the collapse of the coffin, these teeth have all experienced an impact on the coffin cover.

This is also the reason why most of the jade bis in the coffin were broken into several pieces.

Even the strong teeth cracked several times under the impact.

Teeth, when a person is still alive, are still very strong, and they are considered to be one of the strongest bones in the human body.

However, after a person dies, the teeth will gradually lose calcium as time goes by and become crispy and crispy.

Lin Ya asked curiously, "Professor Kong, is it crispy?"

She had a eager expression on her face, she didn't know if she thought she was asking if the delicious bread was crispy.

Kong Jianwen shook his head: "It's not crispy, but this is all cracked."

"Wow, there are still a lot of teeth." Director Wen next to him, holding a bamboo stick with great interest, pointed at the teeth and started teaching on the spot.

"This is the upper jaw, and this is the lower jaw."

"There may be more down there."

"It's tantamount to solving a lot of problems."

"Get physical anthropologists in place and let them extract samples of these teeth!"

After death, the skin, hair and eyes, as well as the height of the bridge of the nose, are unrecognizable.

However, teeth can be preserved for a longer period of time than bones due to the outer hard enamel, so the difference has taxonomic and archaeological significance.

For scientists, tiny teeth may also be the key to solving puzzles.

Teeth are the hardest tissues in the human body. Once mineralized, they are usually not replaced by metabolism, and can retain the diet information of individuals when they were young.

Well-preserved teeth are extremely precious samples for analysis.

Through the scientific analysis of the isotope method, it is possible to analyze the recipe of Haihunhou during his lifetime!
At the same time, according to this tooth, you can also know what disease Haihunhou had during his lifetime!

Regarding Liu He's health status, "Hanshu" said that Liu He suffered from "disease and impotence"!
What disease is impotence is, there are different opinions among modern scholars.

According to the analysis of some literature that records the life of Haihunhou, some scholars believe that it is a kind of rheumatism.

Some people say that impotence is a kind of hemiplegia.

There are also experts who believe that Liu He may have spondylitis.

What is certain is that Liu He is in poor health and has limited mobility, that is for sure!

But through this mouthful of teeth, there is an opportunity to find out what kind of disease Liu He is suffering from!
More importantly, it is possible to extract DNA molecules from these tooth samples after they are decontaminated and ground into a liquid nitrogen grinder to make tooth powder, which will also play an important role in the study of the DNA of Huaxia people in the Western Han Dynasty.

Haihunhou Liu He's bones were severely decayed, and the remains looked like rotten wood, but the teeth were preserved. This is undoubtedly a very precious discovery.

Before the arrival of the physical anthropologist, Kong Jianwen and director Wen decided not to carry out the follow-up archaeological work on the area of ​​Liu He's face for the time being, but transferred the work to Liu He's waist and abdomen.

In Liu He's waist and abdomen, the most preserved cultural relics are all kinds of jade wares.

A lot of silt was attached to these jade wares, and some jade wares had even been dyed black by the mud.

However, when dealing with these silts, every archaeological worker is careful, and gently shaves off the silt from the body with a bamboo stick.

And the silt that has been picked out must be collected.

In order to detect in the future, to maximize the acquisition of cultural information.

Because the silt, although it looks like mud, is most likely to be left over from the decay of the original silk fabrics in the tomb.

For archaeological work, there is no such thing as a waste.

Anything in the coffin is important cultural information!
Jade tubes, amber crouching tigers, agate beads, jade belt hooks, and pieces of jade were carefully extracted and put into cultural relic boxes for preservation.

Each of these jade wares is exquisite in style and exquisite in workmanship, and it is obvious that only the royal family can own them.

These jade articles must have been brought out by Liu He from the palace, and only these jade articles can be worthy of Liu He's status as an "emperor" in the past, and can be buried with him in the inner coffin.

At this moment, Chen Han was cleaning two tube-shaped jade objects at the position of Liu He's waist and abdomen.

After a simple cleaning, the jade article revealed its true appearance.

The quality of the jade is high, and the authentic Hetian white jade is obviously another fine piece of Hetian jade.

It looks like a jade tube, and it may be a jade Xiao.

However, just when Chen Han was about to pick up the tubular jade, he suddenly saw a black "crystal"-like thing at the tail of the jade out of the corner of his eye.

This caused Chen Han to be surprised.

"Bring a plastic plate, here's something!"

Chen Han called his colleagues to help pass a board, and poked these "crystals" with a bamboo stick.

"This looks like melon seeds?"

After receiving a plastic board, Chen Han carefully picked up a melon seed-like thing and put it on the plastic board.

"No, more than one piece."

A piece of "melon seeds" appeared under the position Chen Han picked up, which made him dare not move any more.

"Ask Teacher Kong to come over and take a look."

To be conservative, Chen Han decided to call the teacher to check the situation.

The colleague lying next to him, who was cleaning another jade, turned his head to look at it, and quickly said: "Then don't move, it's so big, let Teacher Kong take a look."

Chen Han immediately raised his head and shouted to Kong Jianwen: "Mr. Kong, I found a piece of melon seeds here!"

Kong Jianwen, who was instructing Zhuang Yunpeng to clean the coffin, turned his head to look at Chen Han, and asked casually, "How many pieces?"

"a lot of!"

"I have a slice full of melon seeds!"

Hearing this, Kong Jianwen got excited immediately, picked up a pair of gloves, put them on, and walked over.

Chen Han immediately expressed his guess: "Is this in Liu He's stomach? It hasn't been digested yet?"

"This location should be Liu He's abdomen, right?"

The position of Liu He's head has been determined, which is of great help in locating the position of Liu He's body.

Chen Han gestured a little, and he was sure that the place he was cleaning up was exactly Liu He's abdomen.

The melon seeds were found here, so the obvious possibility is that these melon seeds were in Liu He's stomach and hadn't had time to digest them.

In the past archaeological experience, it is quite common to find undigested food in the body of the owner of the tomb.

Especially in the case of some tomb owners suffering from acute diseases and dying suddenly, food in the abdomen is more common.

The most famous one is Mrs. Xin Zhui. In her body, many undigested melon seeds were found.

Thinking of Mrs. Xin Zhui, Chen Han's eyes lit up immediately.

"Mr. Kong, isn't this also fragrant melon seeds?!"