Bac Kan: Detecting traces of prehistoric people in Ba Be

According to information from the Bac Kan Museum, in the area of ​​6 communes in Ba Be Lake area and Nang River basin, archaeologists have discovered three sites with traces of prehistoric people living.

Stone tools of primitive people discovered at Tham Thinh, Cho Leng village, Quang Khe commune. (Source: Bac Kan Newspaper)

The survey and archaeological survey were conducted by Bac Kan Provincial Museum in collaboration with Vietnam Institute of Archeology in June and July this year.

The newly discovered archaeological sites are distributed along the Nang river basin, about 1km away from the river, the nearest location is about 300m.

At Tham Ham area, Long Khao village, Cao Tri commune, about 300m from Nang river to the West, archaeologists discovered a large stone roof, about 40m higher than the mountain's foot.

On the surface of the stone roof, there are many large rocks from the ceiling of the stone roof collapsed and covered all over the surface. In the left corner of the stone roof from the outside, there are signs of digging because the local people extract the bat manure to dig up.

In this position, the investigation team found 34 stone artifacts left by prehistoric people, including the tools of the ax blade, the pointed tool, the scraping tool, cutting, stripping and lots of stream snail shells left on the surface of the stone roof.

In addition to the location, the group also discovered 8 stone artifacts at Tham Coc Nghiu (Keo Put village, Cao Tri commune), 2 stone artifacts at Tham Ai (Ban Ngu, Cao Tri commune). However, the results of the survey of strata in these two caves have not discovered archaeological cultural layer.

According to Associate Professor-Doctor Trinh Nang Chung, Head of Science Department of Vietnam Archaeological Institute, based on the artifacts discovered initially, it can be affirmed that Tham Hai's owner, Tham Coc Nghiu, primitive people of the Stone Age, in which Thac Ho's master has many nuances of prehistoric prehistoric era.

In the past, the investigation team obtained 10 stone artifacts, together with the relics discovered in 2001, contributing to reinforce the statement that this is a residence of primitive people in the Hoa cultural system. Binh is dated about 10,000 years ago.

This result shows that in Ba Be district, especially in the communes of Nang river basin, Ba Be lake area right from the time of the old Stone Age about 20,000 years ago to 10,000 years ago, there were people with money. living history.

In some locations such as Tham Thinh, Tham Ho, Tham Maca ., prehistoric people lived for a long time.

In the coming time, Bac Kan Provincial Museum continues to submit to competent authorities additional funding to investigate the investigation of the remaining areas and plans to research and excavate the archaeological sites discovered.