The Russian Journal of Vietnamese Studies

Вьетнамские исследования

2618-9453

Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the RAS

685735

10.54631/VS.2025.92-685735

History, archeology, religion, culture

История, археология, религия, культура

Research Article

Paleolithic Hoabinhian complex of Mang Chieng cave in Northern Vietnam

Палеолитический Хоабиньский комплекс пещеры Мангтиенг в Северном Вьетнаме

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0985-9121

Kandyba

Alexander V.

Кандыба

Александр Викторович

Russian Federation

Ph.D. (Histoty), Senior Researcher

к. и. н, с. н. с.

arhkandyba@gmail.com

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesИнститут археологии и этнографии СО РАН

08072025

1031192506202530062025

2025

Kandyba A.V.

Кандыба А.В.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

https://vietnamjournal.ru/2618-9453/article/view/685735

The article presents the results of a study of the Mang Chieng cave, the materials of which date back to the late stages of the Paleolithic of Vietnam. The Paleolithic of Vietnam contains a large number of Pleistocene sites, but the lack of reliable geochronology meant that the possibilities of reconstructing the dynamics of the development of ancient human populations using only traditional methods (typology of artifacts, analysis of the species composition of fauna and flora) are severely limited due to the specific nature of the natural environment and the characteristics of sedimentation of this region. This article examines in detail the archaeological collections, primarily the tool component of the Hoabinhian. The morphological features of stone products are highlighted, the presence of a tool component is noted, including sumatralites, stone axes, short axes, characteristic of the cultural and chronological era of Hoabinhian. The discovered faunal composition indicates the active hunting activity of the inhabitants of the Mang Chieng cave. According to the results of micromorphological and stratigraphic studies, sedimentation of the lower Hoabinhian layer occurred in a humid climate, and the upper two in drier natural environments. Based on absolute dating data, the manifestation of the Hoabinhian in Mang Chieng Cave can be dated to the period of 18 thousand years ago Comprehensive studies of cave complexes in Northern Vietnam in the last decade confirm the uniqueness of this Hoabinhian phenomenon as an example of relatively stable human adaptation to tropical latitudes at the end of the Pleistocene and the beginning of the Holocene.

В статье представлены результаты изучения памятника Мангтиенг, материалы которого относятся к поздним этапам палеолита. Во Вьетнаме известно большое количество палеолитических стоянок, однако отсутствует их надежная геохронология. Поэтому возможности реконструкции динамики развития древних популяций человека для данного региона (при использовании только традиционных методов – типологии артефактов, анализа видового состава фауны и флоры) сильно ограничены в силу специфики природной среды и особенностей осадконакопления. Изучение с использованием современных геоархеологических методов стратиграфической последовательности литологических отложений в Мангтиенг, несмотря на присутствие в них обширных физических и химических деформаций, дает возможность рассмотреть важные вопросы, связанные с активностью плейстоценовых гоминин в Северном Вьетнаме.

В статье подробно рассматриваются археологические коллекции стоянки; определяются основные технико-типологические особенности каменной индустрии. Наличие в орудийных компонентах суматралитов и топоров, в том числе коротких, характеризует данные комплексы как близкие культуре хоабинь. Состав фаунистических остатков свидетельствует об активной охотничьей деятельности древних обитателей пещеры. Доказывается, что возраст трех культурно-литологических слоев соответствует финалу плейстоцена. Согласно результатам микроморфологических и стратиграфических исследований, осадконакопление нижнего слоя происходило в условиях влажного климата, а двух верхних – в более сухих природных обстановках. На основании данных абсолютного датирования проявление хоабиньской культуры в пещере Мангтиенг можно отнести ко времени ок. 18 тыс. л.н. Проводимые комплексные исследования пещерных комплексов Северного Вьетнама в последнее десятилетие подтверждают уникальность культурной традиции хоабинь, как пример относительно устойчивой и продолжительной адаптации древних человеческих популяций к условиям тропических широт в конце плейстоцена и начале голоцена.

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