What is archaeology? ? The famous archaeologist Mr. Yu's monograph on this topic is often listed in the forefront of the required reading purpose for archaeological students. Even scholars who have been engaged in archaeological research for many years have put this book on their bedside table, which is always new and always rewarding. Everyone seems to have absorbed enough nutrition and energy from it. Robert, a famous archaeologist who was the president of the American Archaeological Society? L Kelly said in his best-selling book The Fifth Beginning: How Six Million Years of Human History Predicts Our Future. Archaeology is not only about death, but also about survival. Archaeology is not only about the past but also about the future? . This is obviously closely related to the ultimate three questions of philosophy.

You must have a lot of cultural relics at home, right? ? Archaeology is no different from grave robbery. It's all about digging for treasure! ? What's the use of the country spending so much money on archaeology? ? Scream every time you face it? The ultimate three questions of archaeology? When you ask a question, the air freezes at once. What if the questioner throws another sentence? Isn't archaeology a legal grave robbery? I think such teasing will make the atmosphere unpleasant. Chat Become inevitable.

We used to laugh it off, but when Tomb Raider Notes reached the bestseller list, there were countless fans of Jianbao program. National treasure gang? As archaeologists, we should realize that when scientists create one surprising event after another, it is imperative to spread correct archaeological knowledge.

Private cultural relics are the basic ethics of archaeologists.

Some people will assume that archaeologists will collect and identify cultural relics. And whenever I say that I don't even keep copies of cultural relics at home, I often hear a voice of doubt: how is this possible? ? It must be hidden somewhere else! ? It's not true, and I don't want yours. I'm just curious to see! In this regard, I would like to start with the early archaeological excavations in Yin Ruins.

Yin Ruins are the cradle of archaeology in China. After 30 years of private excavation and indiscriminate mining, the first excavation of Yin Ruins led by domestic academic groups began in 1928+00. But for the local people, the excavation work is nothing more than openly excavating Oracle bones under the banner of Butler. 1929? The father of archaeology in China? Mr Li Ji joined the excavation team. Faced with all kinds of questions from top to bottom, Li Ji decided to start with the archaeological team itself and set the first rule of archaeology in China. All unearthed objects belong to the state property, and archaeologists themselves will never buy or collect antiques. ? Only in this way can we? Distinguish yourself from antique dealers and collectors; People who can be trusted by ancient things leave the land; It's not enough, but it can help slow down the trend of excavating antiquities? . Since then, this provision has become a standard that every archaeologist in China must abide by.

Since entering the university, the teachers of the Department of Archaeology have taken pains to tell the students who have just stepped into the archaeological gate such an idea. After joining the work, colleagues from research institutions at all levels also set an example for the newcomers. Many people will ask, there are so many cultural relics unearthed in archaeological excavations that there are no figures. How can we keep the six evils clean? I think it still depends on the most fundamental professional ethics.

Article 5 of Chapter I of the recently revised Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics clearly stipulates that all cultural relics left in People's Republic of China (PRC)'s underground, internal waters and territorial waters belong to the state. ? Article 34 of Chapter III stipulates that no unit or individual may encroach on archaeological excavations. ? At the same time, the Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics also fully protects anyone's right to engage in legal cultural relics collection. However, most archaeologists still abide by the rules formulated by Li Ji and other scholars of the older generation, and do not buy or collect cultural relics. I didn't take the shoes, but Li didn't take the whole crown? And will not encroach on unearthed cultural relics. Cultural relics archaeology belongs to a niche industry, and many employees know it. Once there is bad behavior, it will affect not only individuals, but also schools, teachers, classmates, colleagues and units. Perhaps this explanation still can't dispel everyone's doubts, but it is really rare to hear or see archaeologists imprisoned for it.

Never archaeological? Legal robbery?

For a long time, various media have made great mistakes in publicizing archaeological excavations. Create gimmicks, attract attention, and simply quantify? Such misleading can easily mislead the public, thinking that tombs are the whole of archaeological excavations. Some archaeologists simply cater to the media when introducing their work, such as? Going to work equals going to the grave? Such an online celebrity statement is also extremely misleading.