Recently, the music just started the exploration Ya Expressway construction site excavation, beginning the prelude to this year's archaeological excavations. Archaeology program is busy finishing the province this year, Archaeological Research Institute, told reporters Zhou Kehua, 2011, the province will enter the archaeological excavation, "high tide": the number of projects will have greater growth, archeology and the world of advanced technology technical standards, cooperation with foreign countries will be more extensive.
Increase in the number of new projects with the infrastructure
"This year, more archaeological projects." Recently, the Chengdu Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology archaeological excavation of a director Liu Yumao told reporters, "there is only the Chengdu-Chongqing railway construction with the passenger line items of archaeological excavation, archaeological excavations into the Po Fast Rail project, as Queensland Pipeline Project archaeological excavations. Other well with the road construction, housing construction and other major projects carried out by the archaeological project. "
With the increase in capital construction, archaeological excavation projects are also increasing. Liu Yumao example, the pre-survey, with the Second Ring Road Chengdu, the building of archaeological excavations carried out, it will involve nearly 70 archaeological sites, including tombs, ruins and other cultural types. "You could say, archaeological, regardless of season and high season this year."
Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology in the province is responsible for archaeological excavations, the project location is the largest reservoir in the construction of Xiangjiaba site. "There is more need to explore the site, the graves are study, will soon be finalized." Zhou Kehua said that this year will be the highway to be built on several archaeological excavations, is currently carrying out preliminary investigations.
This reporter learned that, in addition to archaeological excavations carried out with the basic construction, the Chengdu Area as great site protection to determine the province this year, plans to apply to take the initiative to explore the National Heritage Board, be more involved in the project. Especially in the Chengdu Area great site protection in the face of many sites is not clear, need to study the archaeological excavations.
The first application of new technologies of remote sensing technology
Recently, application of geophysical technology Sanxingdui application to the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau. Experts believe that "this means that modern technology will be more applied to the archaeological excavation."
Experts told the reporter, the use of geophysical techniques, the situation can be proven buried underground cultural relics. This year, the new technology will be a place of Archaeology in the province. For example, the first application of remote sensing technology.
Station owners said Sanxingdui thunderstorm, the physical exploration of archaeological remote sensing method is accurate, and more information, no damage, high efficiency and other advantages. In order to accurately determine the objects Sanxingdui pit, a large tomb, a large Hong Shaotu architectural relics of the buried base and other locations, intends to use radar for high density magnetic prospecting, exploration of acoustic tomography ct. In one, where the burial pits II Sanxingdui terraces, a large building components Moon Bay excavated terraces, and large Hong Shaotu Green building is located off base mesa area, will emerge to carry out plant and animal specimens, testing, etc., Environmental Archaeology.
Relevant experts, global positioning systems, aerial photography, satellite photography and other information technology will also be involved. For example, the preparation of a large site this year to protect the Chengdu Area Master Plan, requires a lot of aerial application of proven technology overall condition of the major sites. "After a variety of data collected, but also for the establishment of the archaeological site of geographic information system platform."
More extensive cooperation in the areas of new
Deputy director of Chengdu Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology of China Changjiang Zhang told reporters late last year from China, the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Italy and other countries and regions more than 20 experts and scholars of ancient settlement jointly conducted archaeological investigations in Chengdu Plain. "The Sino-foreign cooperation projects have been carried out for 5 years, a few years ago are in the sampling, collection of information." He said, this summer, foreign experts will once again came to Sichuan, and the Institute's experts on the survey data and data analysis , research, and hope to Secret Origin of Civilization and the trend of the Chengdu Plain.
This reporter learned that, in the past, archaeological cooperation between Sichuan and foreign small, mostly concentrated in the archaeological site of ancient Shu. But this year, began to broaden areas of cooperation.
Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau to report the information so far received Look, the Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute and the National Palace Museum, University of Delaware, applied for "Aba Bon Grottoes Research and Protection", the project is divided into two small gold wire line and Jinchuan routes, focusing on Tibetan Buddhism. The Chengdu Institute of Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology and Museology of Peking University and the University of Heidelberg, the application of the "Sichuan Buddhist carved investigation and research" project, archaeological investigation will involve Mianyang, Cangxi, Anyue, several secondary data place. At present, data reporting through the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau has been reported to the National Heritage Board.
In addition, the Sino-Japanese joint archaeological excavation carried out by smelting iron will continue and will expand to the field of protection of iron, iron development of industrial civilization. Source: Sichuan Daily
