Let's Talk About Archeology
by Xu Hong
About This Novel
What is the daily life of an archaeologist? Often disgraced, occasionally earth-shattering. The archaeological team members made up a jingle to joke with themselves: "From a distance, they look like refugees, but up close, they look like beggars. Upon closer inspection, they are from the Academy of Social Sciences, and it turns out they are engaged in cultural relic investigation and exploration." Archaeologists care about the daily lives of ordinary people, and some details of their lives, such as what they eat, what they use, and what they throw away. In a sense, archeology is a science about garbage. Our excavation objects are often ruins and garbage dumps, but we can find many treasures from them. What is the use of archeology? Human history is at least two to three million years old. If these two to three million years are assumed to be 24 hours, then the history with writing will not enter until after 11:57 in the middle of the night. As for the long history of human development beyond this, if we want to understand its process, restore its trajectory, and answer questions such as who we are and how we came to be, we can only rely on archeology.
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