Archaeologists unearth site dating back to 9,000 years ago
Archaeologists from the Vietnam Archaeology Institute and Bac Kan Museum have unearthed ancient artefacts on karst mountains in Ba Be district in the northern province of Bac Kan.
Objects unearthed at the site (Photo courtesy of Trinh Nang Chung)
Bac Kan (VNA) - ꦗArchaeologists from the Vietnam ArchaeologyInstitute and Bac Kan Museum have unearthed ancient artefacts on karstmountains in Ba Be district in the northern province of Bac Kan.
AtPuong Cave, inside the Ba Be National Park, they found nearly 100 stoneand bone objects indicating traces of early people.
Two ancient cookers havebeen discovered at the excavation site but no tomb has been found asexpected.
Some objects were madefrom small stones taken from the beds of streams and rivers, which sharesignificant similarities with tools from the Hoa Binh civilisation(12,000-10,000BC). These include oval tools and short axes.
Remnantsof bones of pigs, monkeys, hedgehogs and deer as well as shells ofoysters and snails and some nuts have been found, which archaeologistsbelieve are remnants of food left by early people.
Archaeologists alsofound a rectangular stone with three round holes four centimetresapart. They have not determined its function.
According to Prof TrinhNang Chung, head of the excavation team, the site belonged to New StoneAge Hoa Binh Civilisation residents, dating back some 8,000to 9,000 years.
🐼 More research will beconducted at the Puong Cave in the next few months, he said.-VNA
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Objects unearthed at the site (Photo courtesy of Trinh Nang Chung)
