实用古墓探查技术与方法

Practical Techniques and Methods of Ancient Tombs Survey

古墓探查是靠辨认土质土色来确定古墓的所在位置。要掌握这门技术,必须对古墓封土、填土、生土、杂土、农耕土、近现代墓填土、遗址文化层土有较强的辨识能力;同时要掌握古墓探查的一些基本要领和方法;要特别做好古墓叠压打破关系的探查,它是分期断代的可靠的地层依据。文中在讲述怎样进行古墓探查时,注重实用性和可操作性,可供初学田野考古发掘技术工作的同志参考。

Ancient tombs survey is to decide the location of ancient tombs by identifying the texture and color of soil.A good mastery of this technique calls for a strong ability to identify the grave mound,fi lling,immature soil,blended soil,agricultural soil,grave fi lling of modern and contemporary tombs,and cultural layer soil of ancient ruins.It also calls for a mastery of some basic principles and methods of ancient tombs survey,particularly the survey of ancient tombs on top of another,as this is a reliable stratifi cation reference for dating.This paper stresses on the practicality and operationality of ancient tombs survey,which can be used as reference by archaeology beginners.