Discovered a prehistoric stone herd in Binh Thuan

Half a month ago, while training sand dunes behind the house, Mr. Nguyen Van Thanh in Ham My commune, Ham Thuan Nam district discovered many burial graves and 8 strange stones. Remnants of the site show that this is a new era of stone relics, and the stone bars are the stone set of prehistoric people.

Set of stones in Ham My, Binh Thuan. (Photo: Lao Dong) Hear the rumor, Mr. Pham Dinh, Vice Chairman of Ham My Commune Fatherland Front came to see and bring a bar. Because of suspicion that these are ancient stone herds, Mr. Dinh informed the Information and Culture Department of Ham Thuan Nam district and Binh Thuan Museum.

The scene where sand leveling, within 300 m2, depth of about 2m, more than half a month before leveling, Mr. Thanh found 7-8 jars (jar jar) lying side by side. Besides, in a hole of about 1 m2, there are 8 neatly buried stone bars stacked on top of each other, 4 large ones are in the lower layer and 4 small ones are in the upper layer, then fall back to the ground. All 8 stone bars are dense with traces, which are modified to form a similar shape: the longest is 95 cm, 17 cm wide, weighs 12.5 kg; The other bars have a lower length to the final bar of 52.5 cm, weighing 4.5 kg. All 8 bars have the same shape: Two heads are thick and slightly bulging, in the middle of the waist are small and the thinnest place.

They are dark brown. Just tapping the sound was heard very clearly from the sound of the rock. Try all 8 stones and hear the deepest sounds to the highest sound. It can be seen that Ham My stone herd reaches the sophistication and craftsmanship of the Neolithic periodical technique. Clearly, this is a rare set of prehistoric musical instruments.

Survey results and archaeological excavations of the Binh Thuan Museum here during the discovery of the stone herd, have discovered many burial tombs, with many different shapes about 10 m away from the place where the rock herd is buried . These traces show that this is certainly the burial site of the ancients.

The new discovery of ancient stone herds in Ham My commune, Ham Thuan Nam district, Binh Thuan, surprised everyone, for many reasons: Firstly, this place is near the sea, the second is the place of discovery within bold influence of Sa Huynh culture. But within the scope of Sa Huynh culture with the central provinces has never found rock flock and many other things need to be fully explained.

Approaching 8 stone bars and examining the scene, Binh Thuan Museum affirmed that this is an ancient stone set. It is necessary to study to clarify this herd in comparison with the rock herds discovered so far, such as the rock herds of Khanh Son, Bac Ai, Lam Dong, Dak Lak and, more recently, Da Kai Binh Thuan rock herd.

All of the above rock sets are found in the forest and high mountains. Particularly, this stone set was buried by the owner on the sand hill near the sea, right in the burial area. Thus, archaeologists will have to revisit the notion that the owner of the stone herd is an ancient person in the highlands and manipulated by mountainous people.

In the near future, Binh Thuan Museum will invite scientists to study, measure sound scales and comprehensively study Ham My stone herd - a set of stones is considered to be far superior in all aspects compared to the discovered rock sets. ever.