836. A skeleton (2/5)
In his hand, Atulu held a copper piece covered with blue-brown copper rust. The end of the copper piece was wrapped in two yellowish things, like a handle.
Sheriff Smith didn't bother to tease him anymore, and took the copper piece and looked at it carefully.
Seeing that my discovery was successful, Astulu cheered up: "The reason why I gasped was not because of running, but because of excitement, but because of excitement!"
Wang Bo nodded and said, "Very good, Asulu, you have made meritorious service. Where did you find this? Is it a weapon of the corpse? I think this is a bronze knife. What do you think?"
Asulu shook his head and said, "No, this is not a bronze knife, this is Kuisata!"
"What is Kuisata?" Wang Bo was stunned.
Sheriff Smith introduced him: "This is a Maori term, which can be translated as a war cane or a combat scepter, similar to the current military flag."
"In the early Maori tribal wars, this thing was often controlled by warriors in the tribe, with tribal totem flags tied to it. During the battle, the warriors held it and charged in the front."
Speaking of this, Sheriff Smith was amazed: "It is the first time I have seen this thing with my own eyes. Asulu, is this really Kyusatta?"
Asulu patted the two pieces of fat on his chest and sweared with confidence: "Absolutely, I swear to God Morrie, this is Kyusatta, look at the handle, this is made of rhino horns."
Wang Bo was surprised: "Rhino horns? How can New Zealand have rhino horns?"
New Zealand is far away from the mainland and there are no large beasts on the surrounding islands.
Asulu shook his head and said he didn't know either. Sheriff Smith said: "He was right. If Kyusatta was in this matter, the handle was made of rhino horns. As for where the Maori got the rhino horns at that time, there was no written record and it became an unsolved mystery."
Wang Bo didn't know what Kuisata meant. When Ramon learned of the identity of this thing, he immediately asked his assistants to lift the bones down again, and then cleaned them up and studied them carefully.
Soon, Ramon holding a magnifying glass screamed: "Continue to digging. The cause of this person's death is trauma. Come, look at his left eye socket, there are very small scars. This is a trace left when a sharp arrow or something stabbed into the eye to destroy the cerebellum."
Asulu explained to Wang Bo that Kyusatta is similar to a war flag to the Maori tribe. This thing is very important and cannot be lost. It is not displayed in normal times. Only when wars are fought between tribes will the warriors hold the charge.
Now Kyusatta found that under this skeleton, it is very likely that the owner of the skeleton is a tribal warrior. So speculate that there might have been a war here five or six hundred years ago.
The warriors have a high status in the Maori tribe and cannot be abandoned in the wilderness after death in battle. But Kuisata is an important item in the tribe, and burying the warriors will not be buried with them.
Unless a fierce war broke out here, causing one tribe to be exterminated or even two tribes to die together, this can reasonably explain the situation where Kyusatta and the warriors' corpses are together.
Conley took people back to get tools such as shovels. More than a dozen people scattered and excavated. At first, there was no gain. After more than half an hour, the surrounding land had been dug into pits and bumps, but there was still no harvest...
Sheriff Smith said, holding the shovel, "Maybe we were wrong in guessing, it's not an ancient battlefield."
Ramon also smiled and said, "Yes, it is impossible for so many miracles to appear in the territory of Sunset Town. There are already gold mines. If there is still an ancient battlefield, it would be incredible."
Since there was no gain, Wang Bo did not force it, so he shrugged and prepared to leave.
At this time, Asulu shouted: "Some have discovered, some have discovered, dig it deeper, come and see, there are some bones here!"
Wang Bo threw down the iron shovel and ran over to see that the Maori man had made great contributions this time. He was sweating profusely and dug a pit more than one meter deep. Some gray-brown dead bones appeared in the pit, which looked like humerus.
After carefully digging around the pit, two skeletons appeared and gathered together. One of the ribs broke several times, and it was obvious that he was seriously injured before his death.
In this way, the fact that there is an ancient battlefield nearby is almost certain, but because time has passed and the world has changed, the battlefield has been buried deep underground.
Five or six hundred years have passed too long, and the South Island is rainy and wet. Except for the bones, their clothes and weapons are almost completely ruined.
Wang Bo digged for a while again, but he still had no gains here, so he became bored.
After having a representative harvest, Ramon and others were no longer interested in continuing to dig. They took Kuisata and four skeletons and left the previous uncle, and dug another one.
They all underestimated the influence of the ancient battlefield. New Zealand is a country without history. Although Maori are not the mainstream of society, they have some history at least.
Therefore, this country attaches great importance to the Maori past, and the reasons why the white people finally reconciled with Maori are also hoped to integrate their history.
These bones and ancient battlefields were found in the morning. In the afternoon of the same day, the Herald received news that Charlie's beautiful lover Britney called and said that he would come here to report the news immediately.
Immediately the next day, the New Zealand Archaeology Institute and the Historical and Cultural Institute sent teams to the ancient battlefield for excavation.
After receiving the news, the Green Party responded. The Alexander and his wife said they would come to see the situation on the ancient battlefield and let him protect the scene.
Wang Bo asked the people around him strangely: "What are Vajona and the others here? What does the New Zealanders attach so much importance to history?"
"Of course, what New Zealanders like most is sports and pleasure, but what they expect most is history and culture."
Qingyang shook his head: "But Vaggona and the others did not come for this purpose. They wanted spotlights. It can be predicted that many journalists and media will come to Sunset Town in the next few days, which can bring them huge exposure."
The next day, even though there were still signs of "dangerous road conditions" on the roadside of Highway 8, there were still many cars driving along the way.
The people from the Archaeology Bureau and the Cultural Institute are most anxious. They arrived in the morning, which means they set out last night. Wang Bo has to admire the enthusiasm of these people.
These people came to Sunset Town with professional tools, and they pulled a lot of big and small cars, and a trailer towed a small excavator.
After arriving at Sunset Town, they contacted Wang Bo and surrounded the area where the bones were distributed.
Wang Bo stopped them and said, "Why do you want to surround my land?"
A gray-haired old professor said: "Sir, there may be a brilliant history hidden here. Don't you want it to reappear in the public eye?"
Chapter completed!