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The 2019 Archaeological Excavations of Suoi Linh in Dong Nai Province, Southern Vietnam

Nguyễn Chiến Thắng1 & Quảng Văn Sơn2

1Faculty of History, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Viet Nam National University, Vietnam

2Institute of Cultural Heritage and Development Studies, Van Lang University, Vietnam

Suoi Linh is a Bronze Age archaeological site located on the Dong Nai River, Dong Nai Province, that belongs to the Cau Sat-Suoi Linh phase, dating to about 4500-3500 BP. This paper presents the results of archaeological excavations at Suoi Linh in Dong Nai in 2019. We apply comparative typological analyses of pottery and stone artefacts to compare the results of the 2019 excavations with materials recovered from previous excavations in 1985 and 2002, using information kindly provided by the Institute of Archaeology, Vietnam (IAV). Reconstruction of human behaviour at Suoi Linh indicates two main phases of activity; the first extends from 4500-3500 BP when characteristic types of pottery were being produced, and the second phase shows evidence of the inhabitants utilizing the settlement as a stone tool workshop.