Why Did Ancient People Create the Plain of Jars in Laos?
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Little is known of the people who carved the huge containers and the jars themselves give little clue as to their origins or purpose.
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Introduction
It is assumed that Plain of Jars’ people used iron chisels to manufacture them although no conclusive evidence for this exists. Little is known of the people who carved the huge containers and the jars themselves give little clue as to their origins or purpose.
