China News Service, Guiyang, June 25 (Ying Teng Yuan Chao) On the 25th, the reporter learned from the Guizhou Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology that on the 24th, with the "Key Scientific Research Base of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, Paleolithic human evolution and genetic penetration" Workstation" and "Chundong Workstation of Guizhou Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology" were officially listed, and the third archaeological excavation of the Puding Chuandong site in Guizhou Province was officially launched.
This is another archaeological excavation of the site after a lapse of 40 years, which means that the cognition of the piercing hole will be restarted, and the archaeological work of the prehistoric cave site in Guizhou will also usher in a new situation.
The Puding Chuandong was discovered in 1978. Trial excavations were conducted in 1979. In 1981 and 1983, two archaeological excavations were conducted under the auspices of Zhang Senshui, a famous Paleolithic archaeologist.
The site has unearthed more than 10,000 stone tools, bone tools, animal fossils and human fossils, more than 1,000 bone horn tools, and two complete human skulls. It is of great value to understand the cultural appearance, production mode, genetic lineage and other information of the late Paleolithic ancient humans.
The picture shows the archaeological excavation site of the Chuandong site in Puding, Guizhou.
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"The resumption of excavation after a lapse of 40 years is jointly carried out by the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Guizhou Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology." Zhang Xinglong, deputy director of the Guizhou Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and the archaeological leader of the Chuandong site, told reporters that the new The main purpose of a round of archaeological excavation is to solve the academic problems left over before. The excavation research process will be more refined and the scientific and technological content will be higher. During the period, many scientific research units across the country will be brought together to carry out archaeological research.
"The layout of the archaeological excavation area has undergone an extremely careful, meticulous and scientific discussion process." Zhang Xinglong said that with the approval of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, the excavation area is 40 square meters. The excavation team will make full use of the approved excavation area and take into account In order to meet the needs of protection, research and display of good sites, the excavation area should be made into a "time corridor" that can display important relics in different periods, so as to make full preparations for the comprehensive display of the piercing culture to the public in the future.
The picture shows the archaeological excavation site of the Chuandong site in Puding, Guizhou.
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In addition, in the continuous excavation and research work, multidisciplinary methods such as archaeology, physical anthropology, and environmental archaeology will be used to analyze the survival mode, technical and cultural characteristics of ancient human beings, as well as the process and mechanism of adaptation to extreme environments, and explore ancient human beings. The process and motivation of population migration, diffusion, communication and ethnic integration.
"I believe that new archaeological materials will supplement or amend previous academic studies, and the research will never end." Zhang Xinglong said.
The picture shows the archaeological excavation site of the Chuandong site in Puding, Guizhou.
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"In parallel with the archaeological excavation, there is also research and construction of the Guizhou Paleoanthropology Museum. At an appropriate time, the creation of a national archaeological site park can be considered." Wang Wenwen, deputy mayor of Anshun City, said that he hoped that through the excavation of the Chuandong site, the public could To have a deeper understanding of the Chuandong culture, understand the local long history and culture, and effectively improve the visibility and reputation of the Chuandong ancient human cultural site.
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