Three blocks of bronze drum can not be more than 1,000 years old

Initially, three blocks of bronze drums in Hoa Lu Ancient Capital resembled the archaeological site of Man Bac - a site in front of Dong Son culture, about 4,000 years ago.

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However, according to Dr. Lam Thi My Dung, Head of Archeology Department, Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities, the date of the same blocks of bronze drum found in Ninh Binh around the 19th century, cannot compare three This block is with any relics and relics in Man Bac because they are far apart in time.

Man Bac dates back to the beginning of the late metal period (ie 4,000 years ago). At that time, residents were in houses made of wood, bamboo and did not have any structure to compare with these 3 blocks.

Stone blocks are found in Ninh Binh.Photo: Cao Tan

Dr. Dung said: the dents on the body of these three blocks (like the outer chisel of Vietnamese stone mortars still used) are technical traces, not decorative patterns. There was confusion when comparing them to the dimples on Man Bac pottery.

Patterns on the stone blocks are lotus petals rather than concave chisels. "I affirm, these three stones have no resemblance to the relics of the archaeological site of Man Bac. The stone base is stone slabs, blocks of stone used to make wooden objects, often used in the feudal temples, temples, and still in use today. The objects of the Man Bac site belong to the bronze age, there are no big stone rocks, but only small objects used in daily life. , like gathering, " said Dr. Dung.

Man Bac is both a place and a place to bury the death of residents dating back 4,000 years, the same time as the Phung Nguyen culture - a very famous early Bronze Age culture in the region. North Vietnam.

Mr. Nguyen Khac Su - Head of Stone, Institute of Archeology

These three stone blocks are rocky feet, most likely limestone. This is not a bronze drum, but a bowl shape. Usually the millet of a wooden architecture such as communal house, pagoda, temple of Vietnamese feudal period. Decorative patterns are lotus flowers, completely different from the Man Bac ceramic pattern.

Sophisticated crafting techniques, imprinted by modern times. There are many possibilities that the Le and Nguyen people and the whole day still make this kind of base. The exact dating issue for relics needs to be studied more closely. But one thing is certain, this base is not in the ruins of Man Silver and cannot be more than 1000 years old.