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SUMMARY:Con Co Ngua: a c. 4\,500 BC Complex Hunter-Gatherer Site in Northe
 rn Vietnam - Dr Marc Oxenham and Anna Willis\, School of Archaeology &amp\
 ; Anthropology\, Australian National University
DTSTART:20150918T153000Z
DTEND:20150918T163000Z
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CONTACT:Aurélien Mounier
DESCRIPTION:Con Co Ngua is a water logged cemetery and midden site\, first
  excavated in 1979-1980 by the Institute of Archaeology\, Hanoi. It is sit
 uated in a low lying valley\, 3 km from the Ma River and some 30km from th
 e current coastline in Thanh Hoa province\, Northern Vietnam. In 2013 MO l
 ed a 2 month excavation of a 12 x 7m trench that uncovered c. 170 human bu
 rials. In this presentation we discuss the context of this unique mid-Holo
 cene hunter-gatherer cemetery as a prelude to some preliminary observation
 s on the demographic composition of the cemetery\, the spatial patterning 
 of the burials\, including orientation\, and the deposition of the burials
  (with particular attention to the manner of interment)\, and the apparent
  change in burial practices from the early phases through to final phase. 
 We will also provide some tentative interpretations of these findings in t
 he context of what is perhaps the oldest pre-Neolithic pottery using forag
 er cemetery in Southeast Asia.
LOCATION:BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41)\, Division of Biological Anthro
 pology\, Pembroke Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 3QG
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