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Cartographical survey of the eastern slope of the An Khê plateau

03 OCTOBER 19

The fieldwork aimed to collect data on the mountain trails that, in the 19th century, linked the Bình Định plain with the An Khê plateau. Andrew Hardy, Federico ...

Archaeological excavations and interdisciplinary research at An Khê

25 MARCH 19

25 March – 6 April 2019
Test excavations at Cửu An communal house, Tân Lai temple and An Khê communal house were carried out by the Institute of Archaeology ...

Fieldwork on the plateau of An Khê, Gia Lai province

21 FEBRUARY 19

21-23 February 2019
The archaeological survey of the plateau of An Khê continues: Andrew Hardy and Nguyễn Tiến Đông visit the village of Cửu An with its ...

Survey of the ‘upstream market’ (nguồn) at An Khê, Gia Lai province

29 NOVEMBER 18

The location of An Khê plateau, birthplace of the Tây Sơn rebellion, gave it a key role in the central region’s highland-lowland trade. Understanding this ...

Fieldwork on trade routes in Quảng Ngãi province

13 APRIL 18

13-25 April 18
In the coastal district of Đức Phổ, the team investigated historical trade routes leading inland from the fishing port and salt fields of Sa Huỳnh. In the ...

Hương Khê fort (Phú Gia commune, Hà Tĩnh province)

Research on fortifications in the hill country

04 APRIL 18

4-12 April 18
The Sơn Phòng network of mountain fortifications developed in the 1870s to counter the threat of invasion over Vietnam’s western boundary was the ...

Đào Thế Đức et Trần Đức Khiêng (Thanh Chi commune, Thanh Chương district) discuss the history of the region's scholar-gentry

Fieldwork in Nghệ An province

24 MAY 17

24-26 November 16, 26-28 March, 23-24 May 17
What becomes of the scholar who fails the mandarinal examinations? This question, applied to the late 19th century history of ...

Before the lake was created, a path led from Diên Trường village into the hills

Survey of old roads, Đức Phổ district, Quảng Ngãi province

02 APRIL 17

02-16 April 17
Fieldwork on the Mandarin Road and the east-west routes that linked the plain to the upland region in the 19th century. The team gathered local information ...

The 'Sơn Phong' fort of Dương Yên

Survey of a ‘Sơn Phòng’ fort, Quảng Nam province

01 APRIL 17

The Cần Vương anticolonial movement is the subject of fieldwork (29/3-1/4) in the province’s southern districts, conducted by Andrew Hardy and his colleagues. ...

The Long Wall of Quảng Ngãi at Rùm Đồn fort

Research into place names, Long Wall of Quảng Ngãi

07 APRIL 16

The toponyms and local history of the areas around Rùm Đồn fort (Nghia Hanh and Tu Nghia districts) and Tân Long Thượng fort (Mộ Đức, Ba Tơ) are the ...

Excavation of a temple at Đá Tượng, near the Long Wall of Quảng Ngãi

Excavation of Đá Tượng temple, Long Wall of Quảng Ngãi

07 APRIL 15

During the excavation of Đá Tượng site (Bình Man pagoda), the Institute of Archaeology team led byNguyễn Tiến Đông and Federico Barocco ...

Research into place names, Long Wall of Bình Định

14 FEBRUARY 15

Fieldwork (8-14 February) in Bình Định province aims to identify toponyms of villages, forts, mountains and localities that appear in the archives on the Long Wall in ...

The Long Wall and the Vệ River, Ba Động commune

Excavation of Tân Long Thượng fort, Long Wall of Quảng Ngãi

22 MARCH 14

A hilltop fort in Ba Động commune (Ba Tơ district, Quảng Ngãi province) is excavated by the Institute of Archaeology, led by Nguyễn Tiến Đông. The dig ...

The vestiges of a temple annex (19th C, now a shrine to war dead

Survey of the Đá Tượng temple and area, Long Wall of Quảng Ngãi

17 FEBRUARY 14

The survey aims to locate the Bình Man pagoda, mentioned in an inscription by Nguyễn Tấn, commander of the Long Wall of Quảng Ngãi in the 1860s. With help from ...

Stones of the Long Wall

Excavation of the Long Wall of Kỳ Anh, Hà Tĩnh province

16 JULY 12

The first excavation of the main rampart (Đèo Bụt site) started on 16 July. Led by Nguyễn Tiến Đông of the Institute of Archaeology in cooperation with the ...

Bastion of the Long Wall of Kỳ Anh

Survey of a new Long Wall site, Hà Tĩnh province

09 APRIL 12

The archaeological survey of the Long Wall of Kỳ Anh, uncovered in 2010, was organised during the week of 9 April by the Institute of Archaeology and the local authorities (Kỳ ...

Petroglyphs, a new site

26 SEPTEMBER 11

A field visit, for the survey, location and rubbing of engraved rocks, was organised in Dền Sáng and Đền Thàng valleys (Bát Xát district, ...

Petroglyphs: spring fieldwork

25 APRIL 11

From 25-30 April, Philippe Le Failler did fieldwork in Muong Hoa valley (Sapa, Lào Cai province) on an engraved rock site investigated since 2005 by a joint programme of ...

Excavation of fortifications at the Long Wall of Quảng Ngãi

15 APRIL 11

An excavation was organised in April 2011 to unearth fortifications and temples at the town of Trà Xuân, Trà Bồng district (at the northern end of the ...

Excavation of two forts on the Long Wall of Quảng Ngai

13 MARCH 10

The excavation of two forts – Đèo Chim Hút et de Rùm Đồn (Nghĩa Hành district, Quảng Ngãi province) – took place until ...