via Vietnam Plus, 01 September 2021: Ben Mau A is a Hoabinhian site in Vietnam’s Yen Bai province.
More than 6,300 artifacts, have been found in excavations at the archaeological site Ben Mau A in Van Yen district, the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, since September 2000, according to the provincial Museum.
The unearthed objects include mainly include stone tools, numbering over 1,000.
Through the findings, archaeologists believe that Ben Mau A is one of the few open-air stone sites in North Vietnam that are valuable for research on characteristics of the stone technology and culture.
During their excavations in 2000, scientists also discovered raw pottery in the pre-Dong Son period and the Le Dynasty, and stone axes belonging to the post-Neolithic – early Metal Age.
