SEAArch - The Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog

4 April 2007 (Thanh Nien News) - What is the best way to deal with a situation like this. The state decides to build a dam. Two months into the construction of the dam, a trove of archaeological artefacts are found, smack in the middle where the water catchment is supposed to be. Hopefully, the Vietnam Archaeology Institute will be able to organise a salvage dig.

Possible Vietnam prehistoric site to be submerged soon

A farmer in central Vietnam has collected over 1,000 suspected Neolithic Period artifacts found locally but the site of his farm is soon to be submerged under a dam.

Dr Nguyen Gia Doi of the Vietnam Archaeology Institute said the objects might date back to 3,500 – 4,000 BCE after visiting Nguyen The Vinh’s farm in the central highlands’ Dak Nong province.

Vinh has shards of pottery and tools like axes and spearheads, chisels, and pots all found inn the area in the last four years.

Related Books:
- The Bronze Age of Southeast Asia (Cambridge World Archaeology) by C. Higham

Tags: Dak Nong province, Dak R’tih hydroelectricity plant, Neolithic Period, Nguyen Gia Doi, Nguyen The Vinh, pottery, Vietnam Archaeology, Vietnam Archaeology Institute, weaponry

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