Warring States bronze tripod, the Western Han Dynasty bronze garlic pot, over 1400 pieces of two and a half of money ... a number of precious relics Pubugou reservoir drawdown area was found. March 2nd, the drawdown area of heritage conservation work in the Falls Hydropower Station forum, experts pointed out that most of these precious relics found for the first time and recommend long-term mechanism to establish the drawdown area in the reservoir area of heritage conservation.
Deputy director of the Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology Institute of Archaeology, Liu the fossil told reporters, after an investigation, since 2010 began filling with water, the the Pubugou reservoir water storage-December 11 of each year is 850 meters water storage capacity in March-June compared to 790 m -825 m, the drawdown area of a drop of 60 meters along the river shore. Due to the cyclical erosion of the reservoir water, many of the cultural relics that originally buried in the ground may be re-exposed to the surface. These relics were found, the local cultural workers collected up and sent part archaeological hospital to repair the.
At the meeting, the reporter saw that has been repaired to good objects. The unique shape of the iron lamp, bronze mirrors of the grass pattern clusters of pottery beads. A rectangular "box" is to attract the attention of experts, it looks a bit similar to the street kebabs iron stove, the "box" two have handles to facilitate human side to take four weeks there are some holes. "This should be a ceramic furnace" researcher Zhao Hall of the Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Zeng said that the bottom is put charcoal, then used the fire, may also be done to barbecue. "Furnace of this pottery, bronze found in the past, Sichuan furnace shape is completely different, is first discovered."
Sichuan University professor Song Zhimin, funerary objects are the tombs of the bronze tripod, bronze garlic pot speculate from these bronzes, in the the Pubugou reservoir drawdown should have a large number of tombs, and the larger, higher specification. These relics with higher research and conservation value.
Liu fossil seven years, the Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Institute the Pubugou Reservoir 22 artifacts point 34 of this excavation. However, due to the vast area of the reservoir area of underground cultural relics, the actual excavation area of less than 10%. Once the reservoir water level changes, it will cause erosion damage to these cultural relics.
Some time ago, the Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology Pubugou drawdown area were investigated. The ruins of a flooded area of 120000 square meters Taoping 156 burials have been found in the drawdown area of natural collapse and excavation of the phenomenon. Area of 30000 square meters of the mountain behind the ruins, once every fluctuation of the sand soil, reservoir water will take away part of the sand, where the platform of the site will drop a few centimeters ... "If more washed several times sites, tombs and other very clearly exposed the ground, then the natural destruction will be converted to man-made destruction. "the fossil Liu said.
Pubugou reservoir drawdown District, protection of cultural relics worthy of attention, experts say, in the Three Gorges reservoir area, Xiaolangdi Reservoir, Danjiangkou Reservoir and other drawdown area of cultural relics severely damaged. Last year, China has developed the overall plan of the Three Gorges cultural relics protection, specialized rescue protection of the drawdown area of underground cultural relics. Pubugou drawdown area gap twice as many than the Three Gorges Reservoir, fluctuating area is much larger, more early attention to the region's underground cultural relics protection.
Source: Sichuan Daily
