HANOI, VIETNAM—VietnamNet Global reports that a Bronze Age settlement has been uncovered in Northern Vietnam at the Vuon Chuoi Archaeological Site, a complex made up of Bronze Age sites. Nguyen Ngoc Quy of the Institute of Archaeology said that this settlement was found on the western side of the Vuon Chuoi mound. “It appears that ancient people took advantage of both natural elevated and lower terrain to create a settlement within, surrounded by a protective moat,” he explained. Yellow-brown clay was used as a construction material, Quy added. Burials were found on the settlement’s outer slopes. “The scale of construction at this site also indicates a well-organized society with a high level of labor division,” he concluded. For more on the archaeology of Vietnam, go to “Around the World: Vietnam.”
