These days
The results of the college entrance examination in various provinces have been announced one after another
Voluntary reporting will also be initiated
There is a major that used to be "not so popular".
This year, it suddenly became popular
——Archaeology
This year, in some provinces
Admission to this major is employment
And it also comes with a weave
For example, Shandong, Shanxi, and Shaanxi have all announced new publicly-funded targeted enrollment plans for undergraduates of "cultural relics in general science", such as the "cultural relics in general science" directional training program in Shandong Province, which plans to enroll 60 students in the first batch this year. Candidates sign a targeted training agreement when enrolling, free of tuition and accommodation fees, and directly enter the city, county and district-level institutions in the province after graduation for no less than 5 years.
Well, archaeology
What do you need to learn and how do you learn it?
01 Let history have a future major
What do you study in archaeology as an undergraduate?
Peking University is the first university in mainland China to offer a major in archaeology, and Mr. Yan Wenming, a famous archaeologist in mainland China, and Fan Jinshi, the "daughter of Dunhuang", are both graduates of Peking University majoring in archaeology.
At the undergraduate level of archaeology, in addition to the school's public courses, the main core of the compulsory courses of archaeology covers the basic knowledge of the six stages of the Paleolithic Age, the Neolithic Age, the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the Warring States Qin and Han Dynasties, the Wei, Jin, Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well as physical anthropology, animal and plant archaeology, environmental archaeology, etc.
In addition to classroom instruction, archaeology places a strong emphasis on field practice. It includes rigorous training in the whole archaeological process such as exploration, investigation, excavation, surveying and mapping, digital modeling, artifact restoration, and writing excavation reports.
In addition, the current archaeology is not all about digging and dusting mud with the loess facing the sky, but also full of science and technology. Want to know how old the excavated artifacts are? The secret lies in the archaeology of technology.
Cultural relics also need doctors, and after being unearthed, they need to be reinforced and extracted. For example, the newly unearthed Han Jian looks like a pile of ordinary soil, but after technical treatment, you can see that it is full of words.
Finally, it is important to note that candidates with color blindness or color deficiency may not be suitable for studying archaeology, as you may miss important archaeological stratigraphic information during long-term archaeological surveys and field excavations.
02What are the majors in archaeology and cultural museums?
Archaeology is a first-level discipline under the category of history. Closely related to archaeology, there are also majors such as cultural relics and museology, cultural relics protection technology, and paleography.
More than 20 colleges and universities, including Northwest University, have opened archaeology majors at the undergraduate level, and more than 30 colleges and universities, including Lanzhou University, have opened cultural relics and museology majors. Candidates for both arts and sciences can apply for the exam.
In general, the employment direction of archaeology majors is not narrow, including archaeological institutes, cultural relics bureaus, museums, cultural preservation centers, universities, exploration companies, etc. Graduates of the Cultural Relics and Museology major will be employed in government cultural relics management and research institutions, various museums and exhibition units, cultural relics and art business units, cultural and creative industries and other fields.
so
Should I apply for an archaeology major?
Peng Xiaojun, deputy director of the Prehistoric Archaeology Research Office of the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said: Don't report archaeology lightly. Because once you study archaeology, you will fall into it because of love; After studying archaeology, there are endless mysteries to solve every day.
Archaeology requires a great deal of patience, but it is possible to accidentally rewrite history. At present, there is still a lot of work to be done in the project of exploring the source of Chinese civilization. It has been almost 100 years since the excavation of the Yinxu ruins, and almost 70 years since the excavation of Erlitou. There are still many ruins waiting to be discovered in the vast land of China.
Folks
Do you have any archaeology friends around you?
After reading the above introduction
Do you want to work in archaeology?
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Source: News Workshop, CCTV News Client (Reporter: Zhou Peipei, Wei Bangjun, Yao Jieyang, Ma Li), CCTV
Editors: Miao Zheng, Li Lijie