The capital of Van Lang is exposed at Lang Ca monument

The Ca Mau village excavation has just ended after 2 months. An additional 22 burials belonging to the Hung Vuong period were discovered, confirming that this place is the biggest political and economic center of our country in the time of national construction.

The village excavated Ca Mau.(Photo: Lao Dong)

Ca village is located in Tho Son ward, Viet Tri city, Phu Tho province, which is a famous archaeological site in the domestic and foreign scientific circles. Located in the middle of a "sacred land" where ancient legends, legends and bibliographies all speak of an ancient capital of Van Lang in this area. Here in 1976 and 1977 there were major excavations, finding 314 tombs and 307 artifacts, with many valuable artifacts of Dong Son culture.

Therefore, the end of 2005 excavation of Phu Tho Museum and Vietnam Institute of Archeology was paid great attention by provincial leaders and scientists inside and outside the province. During this excavation, scientists have explored 24 holes with different areas. In it, it is worth noting that excavation pits No. 20 and 21 are in the area between the Miwon main noodle factory wall and the railway, that is, in the northwestern part of the ancient mound. The excavated pit 20 has an area of ​​87 m ² , has revealed 10 burial tombs, all types of earth graves of the metal age. No records found. The burial goods are all pottery of Dong Son culture, without stone and bronze.

Also during this excavation, the residential area on the west side of the ancient mound, scientists also dug a tomb under the Northern domination, revealed a brick tomb structure, capable of "devout architecture. "The entrance to the grave with construction materials is bricks shaped like a cage. This brick tomb has a rather massive structure that is mostly in the ground and within the boundaries of the people's houses, so there is no further excavation.

Excavation of Ca Mau Village in 2005 provided more valuable scientific material from 22 tombs of the metal age, dating to the same period of the previous excavations , possibly from half at the end of the fourth century to the second half of the second century BC, belonged to the Dong Son culture and was in the category of the study of the era of the erection of Hung kings. Beside the large burial burial area, Lang Ca also had a trace of residence of the Dong Son people. This excavation also found three tombs of the independent feudal era with burial quite similar to the burial of Dong Son cultural inhabitants. It is possible that the dates of these graves are around the time of Trần and Hậu Lê. In addition, new brick tombs appear dating back to about early AD.

The excavation results showed that this was not only a large grave during the Hung Vuong period but also a grave of later eras.It proves to be a busy and continuous political, economic and cultural center: the Hung Vuong era - during the Northern domination - feudalism. It is possible that the legend, the book once mentioned a form of capital of the primitive state during the Hung Vuong period at the river junction that contained part of the historical truth, in which, Lang Ca relic became a prominent relic. to study this time.

Ca Lo Village's ruins have been destroyed a lot due to the previously planned clearance to expand the Miwon Main Noodle Factory. So far, luckily, there are still areas with monuments that have not been violated, so there is a need for a wide regional plan, keeping what is left to continue research in the future.