Caves in central Thanh Hoa province have provided soil evidence ofclimate change from the end of the glacier age, plus tools and anancient cemetery dating back more than 10,000 years.
The findswere part of a year-long research by scientists from the VietnamArchaeology Institute and the Novosibirsk Institute of Archaeology andEthnography.
Announcing the results, the provincial culturedepartment said the objects were from the third excavation this year inCon Moong Cave in Thach Thanh District. They were evidence ofthe development of civilisations from the Palaeolithic age (2.5 millionBC to 10,000 BC) through the Neolithic age (9,000-6,000 BC).
Discoveries show tool-making techniques using pointed stone pieces,self-sharpening stone tools, and changes in lifestyles from hunting andpicking to early farming.
Con Moong is part of a system ofcaves and contains intact earth levels proving the changes in climatefrom the cold and dry of the glacier epoch and the subsequent hot andhumid epoch that began 12,000 years ago and continues to the presenttime.
The cave represents various periods before the Son ViCulture (20,000-12,000 BC), to the Hoa Binh (12,000-10,000 BC), Bac Son(10,000-8,000 BC) and Da But (6,000-5,000 BC) cultures.
Atnearby Mang Chieng Cave, scientists have gathered many animaland human skeletons. The cave has been noted as a cemetery of people inPalaeolithic period with various stone tools of the Hoa Binh Culture.
In the excavation, scientists also discovered a new cave, calledDiem Cave, 1.5km from Con Moong Cave, containing humanremains.
The findings in the cave system will help build up afile to seek State recognition of the caves as a national relic site,and the UNESCO title of world heritage.
Con Moong Cavewas discovered in 1974 and examined for the first time in 1976. Thecave, together with the nearby Ancient Human Cave , Dang Cave ,Moc Long Cave and Lai Cave , offers a closer look at the hugevalley and its residents, who formed the Da But Culture.
Earlier excavations also revealed human remains at the site.-VNA
The findswere part of a year-long research by scientists from the VietnamArchaeology Institute and the Novosibirsk Institute of Archaeology andEthnography.
Announcing the results, the provincial culturedepartment said the objects were from the third excavation this year inCon Moong Cave in Thach Thanh District. They were evidence ofthe development of civilisations from the Palaeolithic age (2.5 millionBC to 10,000 BC) through the Neolithic age (9,000-6,000 BC).
Discoveries show tool-making techniques using pointed stone pieces,self-sharpening stone tools, and changes in lifestyles from hunting andpicking to early farming.
Con Moong is part of a system ofcaves and contains intact earth levels proving the changes in climatefrom the cold and dry of the glacier epoch and the subsequent hot andhumid epoch that began 12,000 years ago and continues to the presenttime.
The cave represents various periods before the Son ViCulture (20,000-12,000 BC), to the Hoa Binh (12,000-10,000 BC), Bac Son(10,000-8,000 BC) and Da But (6,000-5,000 BC) cultures.
Atnearby Mang Chieng Cave, scientists have gathered many animaland human skeletons. The cave has been noted as a cemetery of people inPalaeolithic period with various stone tools of the Hoa Binh Culture.
In the excavation, scientists also discovered a new cave, calledDiem Cave, 1.5km from Con Moong Cave, containing humanremains.
The findings in the cave system will help build up afile to seek State recognition of the caves as a national relic site,and the UNESCO title of world heritage.
Con Moong Cavewas discovered in 1974 and examined for the first time in 1976. Thecave, together with the nearby Ancient Human Cave , Dang Cave ,Moc Long Cave and Lai Cave , offers a closer look at the hugevalley and its residents, who formed the Da But Culture.
Earlier excavations also revealed human remains at the site.-VNA
