VietNamNet Bridge – On the morning of March 31, the Institute of Archaeology, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Thanh Hoa Province and scientists from the National University Australian released a preliminary report on archaeological excavations at the Con Co Ngua relic in Ha Linh commune, Ha Trung district, Thanh Hoa province.

 

 

Ancient Vietnamese skeletons in the tombs that were recently excavated in Con Co Ngua (Thanh Hoa). 

Dr. Trinh Hoang Hiep, from the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology, who is in charge of the archaeological excavations, said that scientists had conducted excavations on an area of 84m2 in the rice fields of the local people next to Con Co Ngua relic.

Through excavation at the cultural floor of 30 - 60cm deep, archaeologists discovered a lot of bones and teeth of animals such as turtles, water buffalo, elks, deer, fish bones, shells, scallops and oysters. .. In particular, they discovered more than 70 ancient tombs of 5,000-6,000 years old.

This is one of the archaeological sites with the highest numbers of ancient tombs discovered in Thanh Hoa in particular and northern Vietnam in general. The principal mode of burial of these tombs is single skeleton. But there are also tombs with two or three skeletons.

 

The overview of the archaeological excavations in Con Co Ngua, where more than 70 ancient tombs were discovered. 

In these ancient tombs, the dead lay on their sides, with outstretched or bent limbs. Besides, through this excavation, the archaeologists also found a large number of artifacts such as stone axes, grinding tables, and pottery items, etc.

Dr. Trinh Hoang Hiep said that these ancient tombs belonged to the Da But culture, which has been discovered in the provinces of Thanh Hoa, Ninh Binh and Ha Nam. So far, the archaeologists have discovered more than 10 relics of Da But culture, including Da But, Lang Cong, Ban Thuy, Con Co Ngua and Go Trung.

Da But culture belongs to the middle Neolithic period, lasted about 3,000 years. Da But culture had an important position in the history of prehistoric cultural development in Vietnam.

Le Ha