The Phuc La1*, Tien Duc Vu2; Thi Tuat Luong1, Van Thom Bui3, Trung Minh Nguyen1
* Email: laphuc@gmail.com
1Vietnam National Museum of Nature, VAST
2Institute of Social Sciences of Central Highlands, VASS
3Institute of Geological Sciences, VAST
Abstract:
The Ho Tre archaeological site in Hoa Tay village was discovered by The Phuc La and Thi Tuat Luong in a field trip during the 2018 dry season. The cultural relics are mainly distributed on the crater surface of the Ho Tre volcano with the average altitude of about 578 m asl. Hundreds of artefacts have been collected, including such stone tools as: oval axes, grind-stones, sharpening stones, stone cores, flakes, ect., which are mainly made of basalt, quartzite silty-sandstone, silty-sand stone, hornfels; and several broken pieces of pottery. According to the initial archaeological assessment, their technique and geometric features characterise for the Neolithic Age. The finding has a great significance, contributing to adding research materials about the Neolithic Age in the south of the Central Highlands in particular and in Vietnam in general as well.
Keywords:
archaeological site, artefact, Ho Tre, neolithic, Stone tool, volcano.