Traces of prehistoric people at Dong Van Stone Plateau
In early October 2013, the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology coordinated with the Ha Giang Provincial Museum to conduct an archaeological excavation at the Sua Can Ty site, located in Sua Can Ty village, Can Ty commune, Quan Ba district, and discovered traces of prehistoric people from the Paleolithic period in Vietnam.
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| Stone tools excavated from the Sua Can Ty site. (Photo: Minh Tam/VNA) |
The Sua Can Ty site is located right next to National Highway 4C (the road from Quan Ba district to Yen Minh, in the Dong Van Karst Plateau Global Geopark area). Through the excavation of three pits with a total area of 100m2, a depth of 1.1m from the ground surface and surveying the surrounding area, archaeologists also found traces of prehistoric people and collected nearly 200 artifacts, mainly stone tools such as horizontal and vertical edge tools; horseshoe-shaped tools; edge tools at both ends, tools with one side scraped off; flake tools, flakes; pointed tools... embedded next to the road and rock fields.
According to Dr. Nguyen Truong Dong, Vietnam Institute of Archaeology, the morphology and typology of the tools show that this is a characteristic of Son Vi culture tools - an archaeological culture, belonging to the late Paleolithic period in Vietnam.
Through comprehensive research of archaeological relics, experts from the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology have concluded that the Sua Can Ty site is a prehistoric human settlement.
Dong Van Karst Plateau Global Geopark is an ancient land with a long history of development with many relics and artifacts marking the main development stages of the country's history, such as relics from the Paleolithic, Early Neolithic, Late Neolithic, Early Metal Age and most notably the bronze drums of the early Iron Age.../.
According to (TTXVN) - VT
