This weird feeling comes from the shape of such a huge tomb, which is different from all the ancient tombs I have ever seen.
Judging from the amount of work that can be calculated from such a huge stone, this should have been a project that could only be completed in an era when science and technology had developed to a certain height.
But in that era, huge stones were usually carved in regular shapes, and reliefs and inscriptions were even engraved on them. It was absolutely impossible to retain the original shape of these huge stones.
So just like the Easter Island statues and Stonehenge, it gives people a feeling that there is a generational difference in materials and craftsmanship.
It’s as weird as if you went to a high-end restaurant and the waiter brought a plate of boiled black potatoes and said it was the best dish they have.
"Where did these stones come from?" Liang Guangping first discovered this problem. Since the stones cannot be processed, how were they transported? So he pointed at the big stone and then pointed at the earth mountain behind the big stone: "This is basalt. It is different from the surrounding sandy rock formations, weathered soil, and geological structure."
"The paper said that these The granite comes from Luoji Mountain, which is dozens of kilometers away from here.”
“So how did they drag the huge rocks here from such a distance?”
"This is not clear. In short, it requires a lot of manpower." Zhou Zhi said: "The people here were called Qiong people at that time. The megalithic tombs here first began in the Spring and Autumn Period, and could reach the Western Han Dynasty at the latest."
“The Central Plains and even ancient Shu had entered the mature Bronze Age during the Spring and Autumn Period. However, the Qiong people in the Anning Valley were basically Neolithic, with only a small number of foreign bronzes.”
"It can be seen from these stones that they are all native stones, but they are carefully selected. The stones are relatively flat on both sides and have a relatively uniform thickness, but there are no traces of processing."
< br>Granite is a very hard stone in nature. Even among China's Neolithic people, the ancients preferred to use gravel for processing. It's not that they don't like granite, it's just that it's difficult to process.
The possibility of processing huge rocks like this, which can easily weigh tens of tons, is even smaller.
Even without any processing, it is quite a huge project to select these stones from the foot of Luoji Mountain and drag them for dozens of kilometers with ropes and rolling logs.
"Is it possible to use water power? At least it can save a lot of distance?" Liu Hongtao asked: "I seem to have seen a documentary where the Egyptians used the Nile River and canals to transport limestone stones."< br>
"It's not that easy." Zhou Zhi said: "According to the level of technology at the time, let's first assume that they used rafts to transport stones. Calculated based on the usual density of logs, which is six hundred kilograms per cubic meter, the buoyancy generated is converted into weight. , only one thousand kilograms."
"That is to say, for every six hundred kilograms of wood, the most. The maximum load capacity is only 400 kilograms, and it will sink if it exceeds it. "
"Then a ten-ton boulder would require a fifteen-ton raft to bear the load. Such a heavy raft must not fall apart. The production area cannot be too large, and the draft is not shallow, so it may not be able to safely navigate in the Anning River and Meigu River. ”
"Another way is to process the wood into wooden boards to make ships." Zhou Zhi continued: "But the manufacturing of ships requires relatively high science and technology, and the splicing of ship boards requires relatively fine tools. If the Qiong people were able to I think it may not be a big problem to process a canoe or bark raft, but it needs to be processed to be able to transport this. A ship that looks like a giant rock is really awkward.”
“So it’s better to go by land, right? By the way, the Qiong people should have horses, and maybe even elephants!” “Yes, Henan in the Spring and Autumn Period. There are still elephants, let alone here? It seems that during the Han Dynasty, the minority leaders in this area had elephant soldiers?”
"Well, these are all conjectures. We can be as bold as possible." Zhou Zhi said: "The archaeological team of Shu University has done an experiment. With the help of rolling wood, through the cooperation of more than 20 people, it can barely Can drag five tons If there are hundreds of collaborators, it will be no problem to move more than ten tons of stones."
"But the speed is incredibly slow," Li Lu said, "From dozens of kilometers away. Drag them here, why would they? Do this? ”
“From a sociological perspective, this is called group consciousness. In ancient society, all groups of people need a common consciousness to form a consciousness and identity. , and is conducive to uniting this group and forming effective cohesion.”
“This group consciousness was gradually formed over a long history, and eventually penetrated into all aspects of our lives and became culture. .”
"There are many kinds of this kind of group consciousness in primary society, the two most common of which are etiquette and worship."
"This phenomenon has continued throughout the feudal dynasty in the East, and has continued into the industrial industry in the West Before the revolution and the Enlightenment, social productivity was relatively low and social division of labor and cooperation were relatively rough. It’s an inevitable product of putting it in a simple stage.”
“It’s the first time I’ve discovered that your liberal arts are quite interesting.” Li Lu said with a smile, “Just listen to what you said.”
"Didn't the elbow say that this is a tomb? It seems to be a cluster tomb? Then down here..." Liang Guangping was about to scare Li Lu.
“This area has been inspected by the archaeological team, and the current ground was backfilled and restored after the archeology was completed.” Zhou Zhi comforted, “So Lulu, you don’t have to be afraid.”
"I'm not afraid in the first place." Li Lu immediately became bolder and dared to speak harshly.
"Grandpa Chiri, you must have participated in the joint inspection in 1975, right?" Zhou Zhi asked.
When Zhou Zhi was checking the school's papers, he discovered that in the spring of 1975, the "Shu Province Anning River Basin Joint Archaeological Survey Team" formed by the Department of History of Sichuan University, the Provincial Museum and the Autonomous Region Cultural Center, when they came When we arrived at the Anning River Valley, the biggest discovery was this pile of huge stones.
When we cleared the soil in the pit, we found some fragments of red pottery and some scattered skeletons. After preliminary judgment, they were multiple human skeletons.
So this would not be the foundation of a building ruins, but probably a precious ancient tomb form.
In archeology, there are many types of tombs in China, but the main ones are masonry tombs, earth pit tombs, cremation tombs, cliff burials, stone coffin burials, etc. In addition to the popularity of digging mountains into tombs in the Han Dynasty, the southwestern Yi people like to dig in stones. A stone cave is used as a type of cliff tomb.
This kind of burial style, which is built with big stones as the main carrier and covered with big stones as the top of the tomb, seems to be only in Central Asia and some nomadic people in the north have similar forms, but that is also a very later period. .
And those tombs are basically buried alone, and most are buried together. This type of large tombs with cluster burials is rare in Chinese history, and even in world history. (End of this chapter)