Chapter 560
After getting familiar with the yard, Director Zhang took them to the excavation site.
The area is very large, and the main work now is excavation of the burial area.
At this time, there were seven or eight staff members squatting in the exploration area, digging with small shovels.
"Everyone, please stop what you're doing. Our support team has arrived! Professor Wen and Professor Li are bringing outstanding student representatives from University A's Archaeology Department to assist us."
As soon as the words fell, the staff put down their shovels and applauded enthusiastically, looking at Su Miao and the others with eyes full of eagerness! Great! New soldiers have arrived!
Director Zhang turned to the students and said, "Students, these are your seniors, a few years older than you. You don't have to call them teachers. Just call them senior brothers and sisters."
In order to welcome the "new soldiers" into the camp, we specially added more dishes to the dinner in the evening. Except for a few introverted ones, everyone else became familiar with each other through chatting.
Director Zhang also specially arranged two veteran team members to lead the new recruits, among whom Lin Qingqing was in charge of the girls.
Wang Xinyue asked, "Senior Sister Qingqing, I just saw a kerosene lamp on the table in the room. Isn't it an electric lamp? Is there a set time to turn off the lights at night?"
"Listen carefully, what is that sound?"
Everyone was startled. They listened carefully and heard the sound of machinery running. Su Miao said, "Is this powered by a generator?"
“Yes, the electricity here is generated by a diesel engine, which consumes a lot of energy, so when we have nothing to do at night, we use kerosene lamps.
Electricity will only be generated when there is a meeting, an event, or when there is work to be done.
But we have enough kerosene lamps. If you are afraid of the dark, you can light them all night long. There are also several flashlights in each room, which is also convenient.
"Senior sister, what do you do after work in the evening?"
"We can do anything, whether it's reading, chatting, knitting, or whatever. As long as we do our job well, our bosses won't care what we do."
He Rong exclaimed softly, "Ah! If I had known earlier, I would have brought a few more books. I only took two."
Su Miao said, "It's okay. I brought all the textbooks. You can use mine."
"No wonder your bag is so big, you brought all your textbooks with you."
After hearing their conversation, Lin Qingqing suddenly realized and said:
"Oh! That's right! You're here because classes are suspended, so you have to make up for the missed courses by self-study. That means you have it harder than us."
In the evening, the logistics aunt boiled two pots of hot water as usual for everyone to wash.
In order to fight this long battle, Su Miao went to the bathhouse last night and rubbed himself from head to toe.
I hope I can hold out by taking a short bath until the weekend when I return to the city and rub it again.
The girls made their bedding and got into bed, feeling very excited and not sleepy at all.
Wang Xinyue said: "This is my first time sleeping in a bunk bed. It's really fun. It's like sleeping with my sister when we were little and we could whisper to each other all night long. It's even more intimate than chatting in the dormitory at night."
That night, the girls did go to bed very late. Some were excited, some were reluctant to leave their beds, and some were so engrossed in chatting that they forgot the time. It was not until one in the morning that the room finally became completely quiet.
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The next morning, everyone was awakened by the singing from the radio in the yard.
Senior Sister Qingqing told them yesterday that Director Zhang wakes everyone up in this way every morning.
After breakfast, Su Miao and his group of students began their formal practical experience.
At present, the exploration areas in the excavation zone have been divided and they do not need to operate them.
So Professor Wen and Professor Li took them to another barren plot of land to teach them how to lay squares.
After a whole day of measuring points, driving piles, pulling wires... repeating over and over again, the wasteland has been peeled off.
The senior brother in the senior year couldn't help but recite the sentence: Ten years of life and death are uncertain, with a tape measure and a cloth to explore the square.
The next day, they were finally dragged onto the official battlefield.
Everyone was given a small shovel and a small brush. Standing on the exploration area, the cold wind blew, freezing their hands and feet. Fortunately, Su Miao listened to the advice and put on a new cotton coat. He didn't feel anything about the temperature. After all, it was not the coldest time yet.
When the staff who were digging saw them, they squatted in the exploration area that had been cleared nearly two meters downwards and waved to them.
Come on~ Junior brothers and sisters~ Come and dig together~
Professor Wen and Professor Li took the students to a test pit and patiently explained the key points and precautions of the excavation work:
"Everyone must strictly follow archaeological regulations. Be careful and move gently. If you encounter anything that looks like a cultural relic, do not handle it without authorization. Call me first."
Su Miao and others nodded seriously and wrote down what the teacher said.
Half an hour later, it was their turn. Su Miao picked up a small shovel and carefully began to clear the soil.
At first, her movements were a little clumsy, and she was afraid that using too much force would destroy any possible relics.
Senior Sister Qingqing came over and patiently instructed them: "Don't be nervous, feel the force of the shovel contacting the soil. Yes, that's it."
The excavation work was boring and tedious, but Su Miao did not dare to slack off at all. When she felt her legs were numb and wanted to stand up and rest, suddenly, the shovel seemed to hit a hard object.
She was startled, then gently probed with a shovel, confirming that there was something different from the soil, and hurriedly shouted: "Teacher, there seems to be something here!"
After hearing this, the two professors walked over to her and other students also gathered around.
He did not take the shovel from Su Miao's hand, but instead gave instructions from the side, letting Su Miao dig out the things by himself.
Su Miao used a shovel and a brush to carefully clean the dirt around the edge of the hard object.
As the soil was peeled off bit by bit, a gray cone-shaped object gradually appeared in front of everyone.
Professor Wen looked at it carefully, a delighted smile on his face:
"Students, this is most likely the leg of an ancient cooking utensil. Judging from its material and shape, it likely belongs to a specific historical period and is of great significance to our study of the lifestyle of that time."
The classmates around gathered around, their eyes full of curiosity and excitement.
Wang Xinyue couldn't help but ask, "Teacher, what does this cooker look like?"
Professor Wen stood up, pointed at the cross section of the cone-shaped object, and said:
"From this fracture, it can be inferred that it was originally connected to a round or square pot body, used to support the cooking vessel for cooking food over the fire.
As for the specific shape, we still need to explore further. Please look carefully around to see if you can find other parts.
Su Miao, clear this part out, mark it, and put it in the box. Remember to record it in your notebook. This is the first artifact fragment you have found."
Su Miao dug something out, which was like a shot of adrenaline for everyone. Everyone dug and dug with all their might!
Director Zhang nodded silently. "This group of students is great! They're so hardworking!"
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