November 28, 2017 | 22:18 (GMT+7)
Traces of ancient Vietnamese found in archaeological relic in Gia Lai
Vietnamese archaeologists have found artifacts in the central province of Gia Lai that belonged to ancient humans about 5,500 years ago, heard a seminar held by the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology on November 27.
234 artifacts unearthed at Lang Ga 7 relic site in La Boong
commune, Chu Prong district. Photo: nhandan.com
The 234 artifacts were unearthed at
Lang Ga 7 relic site in La Boong commune, Chu Prong district, which was first
discovered in April, 2015.
They included 205 production tools
and 29 stones used to make said tools.
The excavation of the site helps
improve knowledge of the history of late Hoa Binh culture in the Southern
region.
At the seminar, the Vietnam
Institute of Archaeology asked relevant authorities to zone off the site and
set up a dossier for Lang Ga 7 to be recognized as provincial level relic site.
The term Hoa Binh culture was first
used by French archaeologists working in Northern Vietnam
to describe Holocene period archaeological assemblages excavated from rock
shelters.
Source: VNA