The significance of archaeology

The significance of archaeology is not just to obtain amazing artifacts, but to sort out the development of the entire Chinese civilization behind these sites and artifacts. This is the greatest interpretation, restoration and inheritance of Chinese culture. Therefore, the greatest significance of archaeology is to reshape the national pride and self-confidence of the Chinese nation in recent times.

Archaeology is in search of those memories that have been lost in the history of the development of human civilization, which is very important for the history and culture of a country. It is because of archaeology that a country's history is more colorful.

Archaeology is the explorer of civilization and culture, archaeologists can read out some important information from Mawangdui Palindrome, Haihunhou Tomb's bamboo slips, and oracle bone inscriptions, which can be referred to and corrected by history books, as well as study the humanities, astronomy, geography, oral monuments, religious beliefs, and legends, and superstitions of the time.

Expanded Information:

There are many types of archaeological sites. p>There are many types of archaeological sites, including tombs, house sites, ash pits, and various craft workshops as well as car and horse pits, ritual pits, and the like. Some of them need to be drilled with a Luoyang shovel in the early stages, while others need to be explored with electronic instruments. In addition to the excavation work, it will also use the total station measurement, burial mapping, artifacts mapping, pottery pieces of cleaning and matching, flotation and other work.

Archaeological sites are often located in villages far away from the county seat, and archaeologists sometimes live in villagers' homes, or are sometimes housed in old mansions or abandoned schoolhouses that haven't been occupied for years. From the initial freshness to the mid-term exhaustion, and then to the later reluctance, they are constantly drawing maps, cleaning strata, scraping the edges, piecing pottery pieces, penetrating diagrams, and typing fractals ...... practicing and examining while excavating.

Despite the vastness of the human historical records, they are unable to fully reflect the length and breadth of history, and the extremely limited records of history are far from enough to show the full picture of history for today's people.

The missing content of historical documents, because of the countless archaeological data and scientific research has become full of those through the excavation of remains and artifacts and restore, due to the passage of time and weathering corrosion of the details of the story told to us is that the long river of history in the story of China.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Archaeology

Baidu Encyclopedia-Archaeology