234 artifacts were unearthed at Lang Ga 7 relic site in La Boong commune, Chu Prong district, which was first discovered in April, 2015. (Photo: nhandan.com)
Gia Lai (VNA) – Vietnamese archaeologists have found artifacts inthe central province of Gia Lai that belonged to ancient humans about 5,500years ago, heard a seminar held by the provincial Department of Culture, Sportsand Tourism and the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology on November 27.
The 234 artifacts were unearthed at Lang Ga 7 relic site in La Boong commune,Chu Prong district, which was first discovered in April, 2015.
They included 205 production tools and 29 stones used to make said tools.
Theexcavation of the site helps improve knowledge of the history of late Hoa Binhculture in the southern region.
At the seminar, the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology asked relevant authoritiesto zone off the site and set up a dossier for Lang Ga 7 to be recognised asprovincial level relic site.
The term Hoa Binh culture wasfirst used by French archaeologists working in NorthernVietnam to describe Holocene period archaeological assemblages excavated from rock shelters.-VNA
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234 artifacts were unearthed at Lang Ga 7 relic site in La Boong commune, Chu Prong district, which was first discovered in April, 2015. (Photo: nhandan.com) 
