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Development
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Paleolithic Period (Old Stone Age )
( 500,000 years – 100,000 years )
River bank of
1. Magwe
2. Yenangyaung
3. Salay
4. Kyaunkpadaung
5. Chauk
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Mesolithic Period( Middle
Stone Age )
(30000 years-12000 years)
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Neolithic Period (New Stone Age)
( 8,000 years – 4,000 years ) |
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General view of Padalin Cave |
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Stone Age Painting of Padalin Cave |
| The Padalin caves are situated at Ywangan Township in Taunggyi, Shan State. In this area, the tools are largely made on pebbles. They are crude and without marks of secondary flaking or retouching, resembling the palaeolithic tools. The occurrence of Potsherds characterizes the neolithic pattern of culture. The mural paintings are seen in the eastern cave,No-1. The rest are animal figures, bulls, bisons, a deer, hinds of elephants, a huge fish. |
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Bronze Age and Iron
Age Culture
1. Nyaung-gan (Butalin Township)
2. Myin- Oo-Hle (Mahling Township) -Hnaw- Kan (Mahlaing Township)
3. Chaung-ma-gyi (Pyaw- bwe Township)
4. Myo-Hla (Yamaethin Township)
5. In-te (Taungtha Township)
6. Koke-Ko-Khar-Hla(Wundwin Township)
7. Yaw-Htin (Pyawbwe Township)
8. Mon-Htoo (Budalin Township)
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Before Conservation
Skeleton excavated at
Nyaung-gan Bronze Site. |
Before Conservation
Potteries excavated at
Nyaung-gan Bronze Site
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Stone rings , Beads and
Bronze Tools excavated
at Bronze Sites.
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The first excavation
work started test excavation in January 1998 in Nyaunggan village
tract of Budalin Township. Nyaunggan village site which is the first
Bronze Age burial site in Myanmar. As a result of the systematic
and careful digging, many skeletons, and potteries can be brought
to light in good conditions. Many skeletons were buried one upon
another. Potteries are the most common finds in every square at
the burial sites. Of all the potteries many were buried together
with the human skeletons. In some square potteries were uncovered
without any skeletal remains. Various types and sizes of potteries
were found near the skeletons. Some skeletons were wearing polished
stone rings. In some skeletons socketed bronze celts were found
in the hands or placed near the skeleton. Majority of stone rings
were are made of igneous Rock- Basalt. These stone rings were polished
and the shape of the stone rings are circular, oval sqliarish and
triangular. Stone beads were also found in association with the
skeletons. Three kinds of beads are found namely terra-cotta beads,
cylindrical stone beads and small gastropod shell beads. The stone
beads are made of igneous rock Basalt and Andesite. With the evidence
of the finds of prehistoric bronze tools it is surmiseable that
these grave belong to the pre-historic Bronze-Age |
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Human skeletons
found at Nyaung-gan Bronze Age excavation site. |
In Nyaung-gan site many potteries
were found in association with skeletons. |
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Pots with fantastic design |
A peculiar
type of Pottery with three knobs on the plate |
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Bronze sockted axes, bronze
spear-beads and bronze arrow-heads |
Implements of Bronze
and stone |
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Mon-Htoo Bronze Age Site
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Another interesting Bronze age Site was located in Budalin Township,
Monywa District of Scagaing Division. That site is called Mon-Htoo.
Archaeological excavations revealed skeletons, bone pieces, bronze
implements, bone and stone beads and different types of pottery.
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Stone rings and stone beads found at Mon-Htoo bronze age Site.
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Koke-Ko-Khar-Hla Bronze Age Site
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Koke-ko-khar-hla Bronze
age site is located in Wundwin Township of Meikhtila District. Excavated
finds are bronze and iron implements, skeletons, stone and bone
beads, and different types of grave potteries. Study of excavated
finds suggest that Koke-ko-khar-hla site was flourished during the
transitional Period from Bronze-Age to Iron-Age.
A
skeleton buried together with pots was also found at Koke-ko-khar-hla
site in Wundwin Township.
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Bronze bells |
Stone beads |
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