湖北随州市周家寨墓地M8简牍的清理和保护

Arrangement and conservation of bamboo slips and wooden tablets excavated from Tomb M8 of Zhoujiazhai Cemetery in Suizhou

本文详细记录了周家寨墓地M8出土简牍的清理和保护过程。在考古发掘现场,根据简牍等遗物出土状况,采取分块提取技术提取了简牍等遗物堆积;室内整理阶段,在简牍保存现状评估、初步检测分析和反复试验的基础上,设计了出土饱水脆弱简牍揭取、清洗、脱色的技术和工艺,运用物理和化学相结合的方法揭示和保存了简牍的信息,满足了其识读和信息提取的需求。同时,探索了南方水坑墓葬出土饱水简牍科学发掘、及时清理、同步保护的工作模式,为今后同类文物考古和整理中的保护工作提供一些依据和借鉴。

The paper records the entire process of arrangement and conservation of bamboo slips and wooden tablets excavated from Tomb M8 of Zhoujiazhai Cemetery in Suizhou,Hubei Province.To meet the requirements needed for character recognition and information acquisition,we designed the methods for arrangement and conservation of bamboo slips and wooden tablets.Our professionals divided all of the tomb goods—bamboo slips and wooden tablets covered by mud—into several categories and separated the bamboo slips and wooden tablets,which were badly deteriorated,then cleaned and decolorized the slips and tablets to their natural colors.In addition,we explored the working mode of scientific excavation and timely arrangement and synchronous conservation of waterlogged slips and tablets excavated from tombs in south China.This work provides some experience for the conservation of similar cultural relics in the future.