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A lot of broken ceramic pieces were exposed as a section of Con Riverbank at Dai Binh village had suffered erosion caused by flood in November 2009. |
An underground ceramics village at My Kim hamlet, Dai Binh village, Nhon My commune, An Nhon district, Binh Dinh province was exposed after a big flood caused by heavy rain in November 2009.
At the ceramics village by an erosive section of Con Riverbank, there are several century-old tamarind trees. Thus, it is colloquially called “Cay Me (tamarind tree) ceramics” Mound.
Vestiges of the ancient ceramics village show out along the riverbank, under bamboo groves.
The flood causes countless pieces of the ceramics from various types of utensils like bowls, big bowls, lime pots, large glazed earthenware jars, etc. show out. They pile together with the bamboo roots in an over 1-metre thick layer, along a hundred-metre section of the riverbank.
Local people accidentally find out many intact pottery wares. For example, a 79-year-old villager, Mr. Bui Khac Khoan, collects a set of bowls, big bowls, lime pots, etc.
Cay Me ceramics Mound is one of the Champa ancient ceramics production sites in Binh Dinh, says Vietnam Institute of Archaeology.
This is a valuable cultural sediment deposit. Yet, it hasn’t been excavated and studied.
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