Master Archaeologist

Chapter 331 The Excavation Has Just Begun

"This may be blood from humans, pigs, cows, any kind of creature, not necessarily human blood."

"But no matter what kind of blood it is, anyway, it proves that this kind of erythema is a kind of blood, and that adds a new cognition to our study of Sanxingdui sacrificial activities."

"Next, we can try to extract DNA in a targeted manner. If DNA can be extracted from these erythemas, it will further reveal the source of these bloodstains!"

The researchers discussed excitedly.

This staged result is enough for these researchers to taste it again and again.

But their research didn't end there.

The end of one stage is only the beginning of the next.

Next, they will try to extract the DNA around the blood spots on these gold artifacts. This will be a more difficult and complicated matter, and there is a high probability of failure.

But they have just achieved phased success, everyone is full of confidence!
Chen Han didn't intend to stay in the lab either.

As a front-line field archaeologist, he can't play with these high-end instruments in the laboratory.

After reaping the great achievement that red spots are bloodstains, he also returned to the archaeological base of Sacrificial Pit No. [-] in Sanxingdui with satisfaction.

Once back inside the walls of the archaeological base, Chen Han looked around and saw a busy scene.

The elders and aunts in colorful clothes are wearing straw hats and carrying hoes, and are excavating the explorers who have already drawn lines.

Although the ruins of a house have been found, and some suspected "stone ritual vessels" have been found, the excavation work on the periphery of the archaeological base has not yet ended.

This is just the beginning.

After Chen Han returned to the base, he also learned about the discovery of the house.

"So, at present, the colleagues in the Sichuan Institute regard the house site as the stratum, and dig carefully layer by layer?" Chen Han asked Lin Ya who was reporting to him.

Lin Ya nodded: "Yes, as the excavation work deepened, more details pointed out that this house is related to the sacrificial pit."

"Through the drone's bird's eye view and positioning, combined with the current expanded excavation, the area of ​​the suspected sacrificial building has exceeded [-] square meters, and it has not yet been found."

"Two post holes have been discovered so far, which are obviously the location of the gate, and outside the post holes, there is another square layer of sand."

"This kind of sandy soil is obviously intentional, which means that when entering the door, the land at the door has been specially treated."

While listening, Chen Han nodded.

This behavior is well understood.

Just like modern people will lay a floor mat at the door, and ancient people will make carpets.

People in Sanxingdui more than 3000 years ago also knew where to take a break to enter and exit.

Although they couldn't use stone slabs to repair the stone steps at the door like people in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it is still possible to use some sand to ram the ground.

There are many benefits of sandy soil, one of which is that it will not be muddy after absorbing water. After all, this thing is sand, not soil.

Putting it at the door can prevent the land at the door from being soiled in rainy days, and it can also clean up the mud and sand on the soles of the feet when outsiders come to visit.

There is a little bit of the role of the pads in it.

Of course, in the Sanxingdui civilization 3000 years ago, this kind of behavior is obviously a more sophisticated approach, and ordinary civilians would definitely not do it.

This is the same as that of ordinary farmers in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it was impossible to place two stone lions at the door.

"Then the whole door was not opened in the middle of the rush. The colleagues in the Sichuan Institute are also very puzzled by this situation." Lin Ya said again.

Chen Han also found this discovery very interesting.

According to human aesthetics, the door must be in the middle of the building, so that the building can form a symmetrical effect.

This is not a special aesthetic of a certain civilization, but an aesthetic of the whole human being. "Symmetry" is a gene written in human DNA.

Some people become obsessive-compulsive disorder because they are too obsessed with this "symmetry aesthetics".

From ancient times to the present, whenever a house is built, the gate must always be in the middle of the wall.

As a result, the people from Sanxingdui actually didn't play their cards according to the routine, and opened a door on the right side of the wall very imaginatively.

"So far, five groups of houses have been found outside, and these five groups of houses are related to each other. Many stone tools have also been found in the houses. They are not tools, but ritual objects."

Lin Ya adjusted her glasses, and narrated to Chen Han the conjectures of her colleagues in the Sichuan Institute: "The person in charge of the excavation at the Sichuan Institute believes that these outside buildings may be the place where people from Sanxingdui performed sacrifices."

"The pit inside is not actually a place for sacrifices, but a place where sacrifices are buried."

Understand.

Chen Han nodded suddenly.

The meaning is actually very simple.

That is, the sacrificial pit inside is equivalent to a "tomb", while the buildings outside are equivalent to sacrificial buildings on the ground.

Anyone who has been to the imperial tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties knows it.

Above the imperial mausoleum, there is actually a large supporting building.

And those later emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties worshiped their ancestors every year in these sacrificial buildings.

It is impossible to open the underground palace and go to the tomb to chat with the ancestors.

Obviously, the people of Sanxingdui have also developed a complete system of sacrifices, rather than the kind of sacrifices in the primitive tribe period.

Rather, it is more similar to the formalized sacrificial etiquette of later generations.

And it may be that after the sacrificial activities are carried out, people will be sent to carry out the sacrificial offerings on a regular basis.

Otherwise, there will be no supporting sacrificial buildings left outside.

Not to mention the Sanxingdui people 3000 years ago, even the later feudal civilization did not have the luxury to only worship once, and even built supporting sacrificial buildings.

This is a huge waste of productivity.

Only in the case of regular sacrifices will special supporting buildings be built and maintained frequently.

"Any other discoveries?" Chen Han asked dissatisfied.

Lin Ya shook her head and gave Chen Han a supercilious look.

For the excavation of house remains, the difficulty is not so great.

Especially this kind of house built with soil, because the soil quality and color of the house is not much different from the original land, so it is difficult to divide and clear.

Its shape, structure, size, direction, opening layer and other details are to be identified, which is a great test of the level of a front-line field archaeologist.

It is not surprising that five groups of buildings like this will take a year or two. How could it be possible to discover clearly in just a short while?
For the building in the No. [-] sacrificial pit, the excavation work has just begun, and there are still many questions waiting to be resolved by the archaeologists.

(End of this chapter)