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DigsSite Name: Rach NuiCountry: Vietnam
NOTE: This site is 123.527 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Artificial Mound
Latitude: 10.460000N Longitude: 106.590000E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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This five meter tall ancient human-made mound surrounded by small tidal streams and mangrove swamps marks the site of a 3,300 to 3,700 year old Neolithic village site in Southern Vietnam.
Excavations in 2012 conducted by Dr. Marc Oxenham and a team of Australian and Vietnamese specialists are reported to have found the remains of living platforms, built up from crushed shell, pottery and dried branches. Coprolites and burnt plant and animal remains indicate the people at Rach Nui used betel nut and foxtail millet – an early domesticated plant. Animal remains included pigs and dogs, and hunted river animals such as crocodiles, turtles, macaques and monitor lizards, catfish, shellfish, and mud crabs.
Note: The location given is only very roughly approximate. The site is in Long An Provence, and is about 30km south of Ho Chi Minh City.
Note: Research sheds light on how Southeast Asia evolved from hunter gatherer to farming
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