南旺分水枢纽工程考古发掘相关问题的思考

Thoughts on Problems Related to Archaeological Excavation of Nanwang Water Diversion Project

南旺分水枢纽是京杭大运河上的关键节点性工程,因大运河停漕而废弃、掩埋。2008年对南旺分水枢纽的考古调查、勘探、发掘和测绘工作,充分运用现代科技手段,获取了该工程的大量数据、图纸和照片,基本重现了南旺分水枢纽的本来面貌。考古资料与相关历史文献相结合的综合研究,不仅厘清了南旺枢纽工程从元代济宁会源闸到明代分水枢纽的演进过程,而且使工程的绝大多数历史记载得到实物印证,揭示了南旺分水枢纽的真实性和完整性,为中国大运河成功申报世界文化遗产增添了极其重要的砝码。

Nanwang Water Diversion Project is a key node project on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal,which is abandoned and buried because of the closure of the Grand Canal.In 2008,the archaeological investigation,exploration,excavation and mapping of the Nanwang Water Diversion Project make full use of modern scientific and technological means to obtain a large number of data,drawings and photos of the Project,which basically recreated the original appearance of the Nanwang Water Diversion Project.The comprehensive study of the combination of archaeological materials and relevant historical documents not only clarifies the evolution of the Nanwang Diversion Project from the Jining Huiyuan Sluice Gate of the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty,but also confirms the vast majority of the historical records of the project.it reveals the authenticity and integrity of the Nanwang Water Diversion Project,which adds an extremely important weight to the successful application of the World Cultural Heritage of the Grand Canal in China.