The Vietnam Institute of Archaeology and the museum of thenorthernmost province of Ha Giang have unearthed a number of stonerelics from the Son Vi civilisation about 10,000 – 30,000 years ago inQuan Ba and Yen Minh districts.
According toDr. Nguyen Truong Dong from the institute, experts found a total of 50stone items, 27 of them were discovered along the inter-provincial roadNo. 181 in Quan Ba’s Lung Tam commune, the others were found in YenMinh’s Mau Due and Mau Long communes.
He said the shape and form of the objects are typical of the Son Vi civilisation in the late Palaeolithic Age.
Studies on vestiges at archaeological sites in the districts showthat prehistoric man once lived in these locations.
An October excavation by the two organisations at the Sua Can Tyrelic site in Sua Can Ty hamlet, Can Ty commune, Quan Ba district alsorevealed nearly 200 stone tools, serving the study of prehistoric man inthe province in particular and in Vietnam in general.
Quan Ba and Yen Minh are among the province’s four districts thathouse the Dong Van Stone Plateau - a member of the Global Network ofNational Geoparks.
The area contains a largenumber of relic sites from various periods throughout Vietnam’s history,for example the late Palaeolithic Age, the Neolithic Age, the EarlyMetal Age and the Early Iron Age.-VNA
According toDr. Nguyen Truong Dong from the institute, experts found a total of 50stone items, 27 of them were discovered along the inter-provincial roadNo. 181 in Quan Ba’s Lung Tam commune, the others were found in YenMinh’s Mau Due and Mau Long communes.
He said the shape and form of the objects are typical of the Son Vi civilisation in the late Palaeolithic Age.
Studies on vestiges at archaeological sites in the districts showthat prehistoric man once lived in these locations.
An October excavation by the two organisations at the Sua Can Tyrelic site in Sua Can Ty hamlet, Can Ty commune, Quan Ba district alsorevealed nearly 200 stone tools, serving the study of prehistoric man inthe province in particular and in Vietnam in general.
Quan Ba and Yen Minh are among the province’s four districts thathouse the Dong Van Stone Plateau - a member of the Global Network ofNational Geoparks.
The area contains a largenumber of relic sites from various periods throughout Vietnam’s history,for example the late Palaeolithic Age, the Neolithic Age, the EarlyMetal Age and the Early Iron Age.-VNA
