Vestiges of prehistoric human settlements and two historic seaports havebeen discovered by archeologists in Bai Tu Long Bay in the northernprovince of Quang Ninh.
Traces of prehistoric peopleshave been found at Ang Gia Cave in Thang Loi commune and at Hoi Cave inBan Sen commune, including stone tools and fossilised remnants of burnedwood, animal bones, and a large number of shells of Melania (a kind offreshwater snail) and of Cyclophorus (mountain snail).
Two stone tools were also recovered from the bottom of a stream, suggesting they were left in the process of tool-making.
Many of the shells of the freshwater snails show evidence of havingtheir ends broken to extract the meat, said Prof Trinh Nang Chung, headof the excavating team.
The two newly discovered caveswere used by prehistoric people when the area was not separated from themainland by the sea, Chung said, suggesting that the people might befrom the Soi Nhu Culture, vestiges of which were earlier found in HaLong and Bai Tu Long bays.
They lived there about 10,000 years ago, Chung said.
Traces of two seaports from the Tran (1225-1400) and Le (1428-1788)dynasties – designated the Map Tai Port and Dau Su Port – werefound in Ngoc Vung and Minh Chau communes, respectively, along with alarge quantity of ceramic pieces in blue and white glaze, with somethought to have been imported from abroad.
The seaportswere believed to belong to the Van Don port system, which was firstestablished in 1149 and in use between the 12th and 18th centuries, atfirst for trade with ships from other Southeast Asian countries, andlater with China , Japan , and the Middle East . The two main portsin the system, the Cai Lang and Cong Cai ports, were located on Van HaiIsland./.
Traces of prehistoric peopleshave been found at Ang Gia Cave in Thang Loi commune and at Hoi Cave inBan Sen commune, including stone tools and fossilised remnants of burnedwood, animal bones, and a large number of shells of Melania (a kind offreshwater snail) and of Cyclophorus (mountain snail).
Two stone tools were also recovered from the bottom of a stream, suggesting they were left in the process of tool-making.
Many of the shells of the freshwater snails show evidence of havingtheir ends broken to extract the meat, said Prof Trinh Nang Chung, headof the excavating team.
The two newly discovered caveswere used by prehistoric people when the area was not separated from themainland by the sea, Chung said, suggesting that the people might befrom the Soi Nhu Culture, vestiges of which were earlier found in HaLong and Bai Tu Long bays.
They lived there about 10,000 years ago, Chung said.
Traces of two seaports from the Tran (1225-1400) and Le (1428-1788)dynasties – designated the Map Tai Port and Dau Su Port – werefound in Ngoc Vung and Minh Chau communes, respectively, along with alarge quantity of ceramic pieces in blue and white glaze, with somethought to have been imported from abroad.
The seaportswere believed to belong to the Van Don port system, which was firstestablished in 1149 and in use between the 12th and 18th centuries, atfirst for trade with ships from other Southeast Asian countries, andlater with China , Japan , and the Middle East . The two main portsin the system, the Cai Lang and Cong Cai ports, were located on Van HaiIsland./.
