It's around two o'clock in the afternoon.

After finishing the regular small meeting in the institute and sleeping for a while on the straw mat in the mobile cabin to replenish his energy, Chen Han devoted himself to the excavation work again.

Although, it was still very hot at two o'clock in the afternoon.

But let’s do archaeology.

No matter how cold it is or how hot it is, whether it’s raining, hailing or snowing, or windy.

As long as there is a construction site, you must arrive at work on time every day, all year round!

Being able to spread out a straw mat and take a nap during the hottest time at noon is already very good.

Chen Han didn't feel it was too painful.

Maybe it's because I like it. Sometimes love can last for a long time and it's not an empty sentence.

At least Chen Han, who was constantly turning over the soil under the sun in the 30-degree heat, was enjoying it.

The F20 exploration area is very large.

The area of ​​the house is 30 square meters, which is enough for Chen Han and the four of them to clean up for a long time.

Various cultural relics such as large stone chimes, divination bones, painted pottery jars, lacquer boxes, bone knives, pottery tablets, jade axes, stone spears, etc. were discovered and excavated from the excavation.

Each cultural relic represents the highly developed handicraft industry of the ancestors of the Lajia site.

As ancestors of the late Neolithic period, the stone tools and jade craftsmanship at the Lajia site have reached the pinnacle of prehistoric civilization.

The only pity is that not a single bronze vessel was found.

This means that the Lajia site was destroyed before it experienced the transition from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age.

Another half month of exploration.

The 30 square meter area has basically been cleared.

All kinds of stone tools and pottery that were originally pressed under the soil layer have been cleared out by Chen Han and others, and they were exposed one by one in the exploration.

"Huh, we're finally done cleaning it up." Chen Han put his hands on his hips with an expression that impressed him.

It only took the four of them one and a half months to clean up the 30-square-meter area, which was indeed very fast.

Among them, Chen Han handled almost one-third of the workload alone!

Of course he can be proud.

"Don't let yourself get intoxicated, there are no outsiders here." Zhuang Yunpeng shook his head funny, shook the camera in his hand at Chen Han, and said:

"Hurry up and take photos and record them, and then organize and collect these cultural relics."

The final step of cleaning and excavation is naturally to take photos and archive the cleaned cultural relics, then remove the cultural relics and properly preserve them.

Cultural relics such as stoneware, pottery, jade, and bronze will not corrode when exposed to air, let alone undergo any oxidation reaction. However, there is no rush to load them away as soon as they are unearthed.

Unlike some silk fabrics and colored paints, which oxidize within a few minutes after being exposed to the air, leaving nothing behind.

Therefore, Zhuang Yunpeng and others were more casual, chatting and laughing, while taking photos of the cultural relics in the F20 exploration area for documentation.

After Chen Han was content with his arms crossed for a while, he also joined them.

Every archeology student has learned photography techniques while studying in school.

Of course, it cannot be compared with photography majors.

But how to take clear photos of unearthed cultural relics and how to handle the shooting angle, Chen Han is still very good at it.

Facing the various cultural relics freshly unearthed on the ground, Chen Han took photos from various angles with his camera, completely photographing the appearance of each cultural relic when it was unearthed.

Seriously, just like a police officer collecting evidence at a murder scene.

"Click, click."

"Click, click."

As he was patting it, a pottery bowl lying upside down on the ground with an amphorae leaning against it caught his attention.

After taking photos of the two unearthed artifacts, Chen Han squatted down and frowned.

The premonition that had been lingering in his heart suddenly became clear again.

He had an inexplicable feeling that there was something unusual about the seemingly ordinary upside-down pottery bowl in front of him.

"Senior Brother Zhuang, Senior Sister Su, come here!" Chen Han quickly raised his head and waved to the senior brothers and sisters.

"What's wrong?" Zhuang Yunpeng and Su Sa heard the sound and came over.

"Looking at this pottery bowl, do you feel anything special?"

The two of them followed the direction of Chen Han's finger and looked at the pottery bowl that was upside down on the ground.

"Um..." Zhuang Yunpeng looked at it twice and scratched his head: "Isn't this just a typical Qijia culture pottery bowl? What's so special about it?"

"The diameter of the mouth of the bowl is only about ten centimeters, which is no different from our modern bowls." Su Sa also nodded and said.

"It's not very deep, so it's not very special. It's just a relatively ordinary bowl."

Bowls, from prehistoric times to modern times, have basically not changed much in terms of shape and appearance.

What's special is that some ancient bowls would have exquisite paintings or carvings on the bowls, so that beautifully crafted bowls can be considered special.

The plain, primitive pottery bowl in front of me, the color of which is no different from the soil on the ground, is definitely not special.

But Chen Han still frowned, his intuition told him that this bowl was definitely not simple!

"Kick it down...kick it down..."

After Chen Han murmured to himself twice, an idea flashed through him.

Such an upside-down bowl may be very ordinary, but is there anything special inside it?

When he thought of this, Chen Han quickly reached out his hand and straightened the pottery pot that was leaning against the pottery bowl.

Then, holding the body of the pottery bowl with both hands, he carefully opened the upside-down bowl and slowly opened it.

"S....!"

Zhuang Yunpeng, who saw the situation under the bowl for the first time, took a breath and shouted with a trembling voice: "What is this?!"

Chen Han was stunned for a moment, then quickly lowered his head and looked down.

I saw that after the pottery bowl was opened, the first thing exposed was a pile of soil upside down on the ground, with the same shape as the pottery bowl.

This is not surprising.

But an unexpected scene appeared!

At the top of this upside-down pile of soil, which is at the bottom of the bowl, there are dozens of light yellow curly strips, twisting and twisting on top!

All three of them were shocked.

Zhang Jianbo, who was attracted by their surprise, even shouted with a split voice: "This... this is noodles?!"

"impossible!"

Although he said it was impossible, out of professional instinct, Zhang Jianbo immediately picked up the camera on his chest, adjusted the focus, and took several photos of the curly strip.

"Four thousand years ago, the Chinese people had already mastered the noodle making technology?"

"No, how can noodles be preserved for four thousand years?!"

Zhang Jianbo was mumbling something, and his mind was almost overwhelmed by this important discovery.

Noodles contain a large amount of carbohydrates. Even if they are stored for thousands of years, even a few months will be enough for them to go bad and be decomposed.

How could it be preserved in the soil until now?

Chen Han, Zhuang Yunpeng, and Su Sa also looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes for a while. They recovered from the shock. Reason regained control of their IQs and suppressed the somewhat crazy thoughts in their hearts.

Although it looks similar, the possibility of this thing being noodles is too low and too unrealistic.
Chapter completed!