南水北调中线工程止沸沸扬扬地进行,与此同时湖北、河南地区的考古工作者也马不停蹄地赶工,因为作为中线工程重点的丹江口水库坝顶加高工程(下),将会淹没大量的文化遗址。文物工作者必须在大量遗址被水淹没之前,完成对数百个遗址的抢救性发掘。到了2008年,丹江口水库的坝高将由目前的162米增高至176．6米。尽管只是 At the same time, archeologists in Hubei and Henan Provinces rush to work because the Danjiangkou Reservoir crest elevation project, which is the focus of the midline project (below), will inundate a large number of cultural sites. Cultural workers must complete the salvage excavations of hundreds of sites before a large number of sites are flooded. By 2008, the dam height at Danjiangkou Reservoir will increase from the current 162 meters to 176.6 meters. Although only