Chapter 615 Cutting sausages

The reason why there is "Dun" in the name of Bai Dun'er is because this place was once a mound.

And the reason why it is a mound is because there is something buried underneath!

Rivers are the birthplace of human civilization, and the Yellow River is the mother river of the Chinese nation. In the Neolithic Age, many Dongyi tribes were born in various tributaries of the lower reaches of the Yellow River.

These tribes range from large to small, with smaller tribes having only a few dozen people and larger tribes having only over a thousand people.

In the Neolithic period, China's population was relatively small. For example, when the Yellow Emperor fought against Chi You in the Battle of Zhuolu, according to research, only 20,000 to 30,000 people participated in the battle. In total, Chi You's 81 tribes were just a handful.

There are more than 10,000 people, plus a few pandas.

However, compared with the European Middle Ages, this was still a huge battle. The wars between the lords in the European Middle Ages were not as good as the armed fighting between two villages in China.

A small tribe with dozens of people would definitely not occupy a large area. People in that era were not like today, where there were two or three large flat-story villas, and one family only had one room.

Moreover, we have to consider that it is less likely to be attacked by wild beasts, so it is impossible to live too spread out. After all, in that era, even giant pandas did not make a living by being cute, and jackals, tigers and leopards were naturally unambiguous when it came to eating people.

…

In the temporary tent, Professor Zhang was playing with a copper piece.

"This is a copper shovel made of brass. It seems that this site should be related to the Jiuli tribe." Professor Zhang said.

"This is normal. Most of the tribes in the lower reaches of the Yellow River were conquered by the Jiuli tribe, so it is normal for brass utensils to appear here." A professor named He next to him replied.

Although this is a Neolithic Age site, it does not mean that people at that time did not know how to use bronze. According to archaeological discoveries, the Jiuli tribe headed by Chi You was very good at copper smelting technology. Of course, what they smelted at that time was not bronze.

, but brass.

Even if it is made of brass, the weapons made of it are much easier to use than stone and wooden weapons. It is precisely because the Jiuli tribe is good at smelting copper that Chi You was able to unify the various tribes of Dongyi and form an army to compete with the emperor in a short time.

tribe.

It is said that Chi You was invulnerable, probably because he wore copper protective gear. With the level of technology at that time, it may not be as high as armor, but a few copper bars and pieces of copper on his body were enough to withstand wooden weapons.

and stone attack.

Therefore, in the Dongyi culture, the sites where brass is found are basically related to the Jiuli tribe.

At this moment, a shout came from outside the tent.

"Professor Zhang, come quickly, we have made a major discovery!"

The yeller was one of Professor Zhang's students. When he heard the words "major discovery," Coach Zhang immediately put down the copper piece in his hand, and Professor He next to him also ran out immediately.

The two professors walked into a pit and saw several archaeologists cleaning out a complete three-legged pottery tripod from the soil.

It is said to be complete, but in fact there is some damage to the surface. Fortunately, the legs are not broken, so it is considered complete.

The tripod played an important role in ancient China. Although it was originally used to cook meat, it gradually evolved into a symbol of power. The nine tripods symbolized the supreme royal power.

Therefore, in domestic archaeological work, digging out the tripod is considered a major discovery in these projects.

Professor Zhang picked up the three-legged tripod and observed it carefully. After a moment, he said: "This three-legged tripod is very similar to a tripod previously discovered in Longshan. This shows that the site we are currently excavating is very likely to

It is part of Longshan culture.”

Professor He nodded: "It is possible that Longshan Weihua is widely distributed, almost all over the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. Judging from the geographical location, it is very likely that this place is part of the Longshan Culture.

Moreover, the Longshan Culture belongs to the era of both copper and stone, so the bronzes we found can also prove that this place may be related to the Longshan Culture. If black pottery can be found, it will basically be part of the Longshan Culture."

The Longshan Culture originated from the Dagukou Culture and is a type of cultural site from the late Neolithic Age. The Longshan Culture has a very wide distribution range, not only in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, but also in the Hangzhou Bay area.

Some archaeologists in later generations believe that Longshan Weihua was the direct precursor of Shang culture, which also confirms the saying that the ancestors of shopping malls originated from Dongyi culture.

The main feature of Longshan culture is black pottery.

Black pottery was born in the new era. It is an ancient pottery making technique in China. Black pottery is as black as lacquer, as loud as a sound, as thin as paper, as bright as a mirror, and as hard as porcelain. The real black pottery crafts are very beautiful, and they are not found by some Baosou.

Those black pottery tea sets can be compared.

If black pottery vessels can be excavated, it will basically be confirmed that this place is part of the Longshan Culture.

Several archaeological experts held the tripod and looked at it for a long time before putting it down with a look of reluctance.

At this time, a student walked up to Professor Zhang and asked, "Professor Zhang, in which direction should we dig next?"

"Bring the map here." Professor Zhang said, and the student next to him immediately brought a hand-drawn map and marked the surrounding excavations.

"We dug a copper shovel here, a pig head pottery pot here, eggshell pottery fragments here, and a three-legged tripod here..."

Professor Zhang marked them one by one, then stared at the map and reported for a moment, then frowned.

After a while, Professor Zhang said, "Professor He, look at this map. The 150-meter range we defined before is too conservative!"

Professor He looked at the map and nodded: "I think it was a bit conservative. Now it seems that the range should be expanded to 50 meters."

…

The original radius of 150 meters delineated about 106 acres of land. Now the archaeological delineation has increased the radius by 50 meters, and the area has reached 188 acres, of which 160 acres are in the new factory area planned by the heavy machinery factory.

within the range.

The Heavy Machinery Factory received a total of 200 acres of land, but now 160 acres have been taken away. The remaining 40 acres are simply not enough to build a factory.

In the factory director's office, Zhang Tao shouted angrily:

"What's going on? Didn't you say before that you would dig out a few acres of land and return the rest to us? Now not only have they not returned the land to us, but they have also taken away another 60 acres of land!"

Wu Jiandao had no choice but to explain in a low voice: "It is said that the initial judgment of the archaeological experts was wrong. The archaeological experts believed that there was only a small and medium-sized site under Baidun'er. After all, there were only a few large-scale Neolithic sites in the country.

But as the excavation progressed, archaeological experts discovered that the site below Baidun'er was not only relatively large in scale, but also had many cultural relics unearthed and that the cultural relics were relatively well preserved. This situation is also very rare in the country."

"What a bullshit archaeological expert. He can't even tell how large a place to dig. He's worse than a Feng Shui master! The Feng Shui master in our village always moves people's tombs accurately in every circle!" Zhang Tao snorted coldly.

"Then Mr. Feng Shui must not be a tomb robber, right?" Wu Jiandao thought to himself, and then said, "According to the archaeological experts, according to normal judgment, the scope of the ruins should not be so large.

However, taking into account the factors of flood, the scope of the site was expanded several times. According to the analysis of archaeological experts, a large flood should have occurred here a long time ago, and the flood submerged the entire tribe.

The people in the tribe may have escaped in time, or they may have been washed away by the flood, but the things in the tribe could not be taken away, and they were then scattered to this area by the flood.

The sand content in the Qinghe River is relatively high, so the place where the tribe is located was buried by the sand brought by the flood, and the cultural relics were buried underground and were not excavated until today."

"I don't care about floods, I only care about my 200 acres of land!" Zhang Tao said.

Wu Jiandao immediately replied: "The staff of the Land Bureau said that Bai Duner planned a total of 300 acres of land. He originally gave us 200 acres, and now he has given us the rest.

In addition, we will plan to expropriate 150 acres of land nearby and compensate us. Calculating it this way, we can get a total of 230 acres of land, which is 30 acres more than the previous 200 acres."

Zhang Tao finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that there were thirty acres more land than he had received before.

"Since we have thirty more acres of land, I have a lot of land, so I won't care about those archaeologists!" Zhang Tao said.

…

Professor He held a magnifying glass and carefully observed a cultural relic.

"Professor Zhang, look, this statue of the Jade God with a human head is a rare masterpiece! Although it was broken into three pieces, the three fragments can still be put together, and after being put together, it will still be relatively complete!" He

The professor spoke.

Professor Zhang also held a magnifying glass, looked at the Jade God's head, and said, "A Jade God's head from the Longshan Culture was unearthed before, and it is now displayed in the Shanghai Museum. That Jade God's head is preserved.

It is more complete, but the purity of the jade is not as good as this piece."

"Counting the jade ring and the two sapphire fragments I dug up years ago, this should be considered the third jade artifact! I didn't expect that the more you dig out, the more good things you find!"

Professor He paused for a moment, then continued: "I think the current 200-meter radius circle is still a bit too conservative. Based on the current situation, I think the scope of the excavation should be expanded."

Professor He said, took the map and marked it with a pencil; "From here to here, this area should be the focus of our next work."

"I agree." Professor Zhang took out a ruler from the side and continued: "The area marked now is about 80 meters long and 90 meters wide, which equals 7,200 square meters, which is only about ten acres of land.

A little more. We have already sealed nearly 200 acres of land before, so getting another ten acres of land shouldn’t be a problem.”

"I think it's just an opening anyway. Let's expand the scope a little bit to avoid trouble later." Professor He took the pencil and started drawing on the map again.

…

"That archaeological team is going to another thirty acres of land? They are not done yet!" Zhang Tao said angrily.

"Director, don't be angry. It's really because there were major discoveries during the archaeological process." Wu Jiandao paused and continued, "And the Land Bureau said that these thirty acres of land will be compensated in the subsequent planning.

For us!”

"Compensation? This is almost driving us out of Baidun'er!" Zhang Tao paused and then said: "Last time, we said that we would plan to compensate us for land next to Baidun'er, but there has been no movement yet!"

"Land planning and expropriation all take time, don't they? And during the land expropriation process, there will eventually be one or two households that are troublesome and need more work before they are willing to relocate." Wu Jiandao advised.

Zhang Tao snorted coldly: "Today you took dozens of acres from me, and tomorrow you will take dozens of acres from me. Are you coming to my place to cut sausages?"

…

Half a month later.

"What did you say? Several more Han tombs were excavated!" Zhang Tao's expression looked like he had stepped on a dog.

"This time it was not dug by the archaeological team, but by our construction team. At that time, they dug a tomb that was less than four meters tall. The archaeological team happened to be nearby, so we asked them to go over and take a look. After the archaeological team

Experts have initially determined that this is a Han tomb."

Infernal Affairs continued to explain: "The identity of the owner of the tomb has not yet been confirmed, but it is said to be a couple's tomb. The coffin inside has rotted, but a lot of burial objects were still found, including gold objects, bronze mirrors, porcelain, and jade.
To be continued...