Archaeologists have recently discovered an ancient village surrounded by stone walls in the Vàng Mountain range, Nghĩa Hành District, Quảng Ngãi. This village may be a legacy from the Champa community that existed over 600 years ago.
During a recent field study with Vietnamese archaeologists, Mr. Andrew Hardy, the representative of the École Française d’Extrême-Orient in Vietnam, unexpectedly found a remarkably well-preserved ancient Vietnamese village in Nghĩa Hành. The village is located at the foot of Vàng Mountain in Thiên Xuân hamlet, Hành Tín Đông commune.
The village is enclosed by a stone wall that stands 2.5 to 3 meters high, with a circumference of 1.5 kilometers. Inside, there are designated areas for residential zones, transportation infrastructure, a water well, and a shrine dedicated to the mountain god. Locals report that the village has existed for a long time. After 1945, following a movement initiated by the revolutionary government, the residents left the village to settle in the lowlands.
According to Dr. Đào Ngọc Khôi, an archaeologist from the Quảng Ngãi Museum, this village may indeed be a continuation of the community established by the Champa people over 600 years ago.
