<< Text Pages >> Tham Choong Cave - Cave or Rock Shelter in Vietnam
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Tham Choong CaveCountry: Vietnam
NOTE: This site is 130.576 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Latitude: 22.417000N Longitude: 105.333000E
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | no data |
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Cave or Rock Shelter in Na Hang District, Tuyen Quang Province.Thought to have housed humans during the Neolithic Era (7,000-8,000 years ago). The archaeologists discovered more than 1,000 stone objects, including tools for cutting, chopping and grinding.
The archaeologists discovered more than 1,000 stone objects, including tools for cutting, chopping and grinding. The tools were handmade with stones that had been retrieved from a riverbed. Location is general for the district of Na Hang, and doesn't reflect the location of the cave. Whether or not public access to the cave exists is unknown.
Note: See comment for link to article on the finds.
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