Standing Stones of Hintang near Sam Neua Laos
The menhirs (standing stones) or Hintang, near Sam Neua, in northeast Laos. The origin of the stones and the round stone covers is unknown, but they are presumed to be related to burial rituals, similar to the stone jars in the Plain of Jars. The stones were first studied by Madeleine Colani, a French archeologist, in the 1930s as part of her broader work on the megalithic stone jars that give the Plain of Jars their name.
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- © David Coleman
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Hintang Houaphan Houaphanh Province Indochina Indochine Lao Lao PDR Lao Peoples Democratic Republic Laos Madeleine Colani Phou Hintang Plain of Jars SE Asia Sam Neua Southeast Asia Xam Neua Xamneua ancient archaeological archeology burial lith megalith menhir mysterious orthostat standing stone standing stones stone
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- Plain of Jars / Xieng Khouang / Laos, Standing Stones of Hintang / Laos

