Discovering many relics of ancient Vietnamese people

The source from Thanh Hoa Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said that this department cooperates with Vietnam Institute of Archeology to have a preliminary report on the results of archaeological excavations at Con Moong archaeological site. and Match cave in Thanh Yen commune, Thach Thanh mountainous district.

Accordingly, after four fieldworkings at the grassroots level, in November 2013, the scientific collaboration between the Vietnam Institute of Archeology and the Institute of Archeology - Ethnology Novosibirsk (belonging to the Russian Academy of Sciences) was declared. dig 14m ² at Con Moong cave. The excavation results show that the stratum of Con Moong cave is 9.5m thick, consists of 10 different structural layers, found working tools, animal bones, mollusc shells, quartz stone tools.

Relics and artifacts have been discovered at the archaeological site of Con Moong cave (Thanh Hoa) - (Photo: Ha Dong)

In this cave, there are also burial tombs in the form of 'lying on the knees' - one of the earliest burial forms of humans. Cultural remains in the cave floor Con Moong has recounted many interesting stories about cave life, using stone tools and the evolution of the type, techniques of manipulating tools , about climate change, adaptation of ancient Vietnamese people.

And Diem Cave Cave is discovered by Vietnamese - Russian archaeologists in the Sanh village, about 4km east of Con Moong Cave. Diem Cave has a tubular shape of over 50m long, an average of 10m. The excavated area is about 200m ² wide, the store side is preserved intact. The thickness of Diem Cave cave is 1.4m on average, including three layers, thereby discovering many grave relics, animal remains, stone and ceramic artifacts.

Archaeological excavations show that Diem Cave is a long-term human relic, a place of stone tooling of ancient inhabitants, a burial place for many residents, which also shows a change of burial consciousness of ancient Vietnamese people.