Phung Nguyen culture

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Prehistoric cultures of Vietnam
Old Stone Age
Dieu culture approx. 30,000 BC Chr.
Sơn Vi culture 20,000–12,000 BC Chr.
Mesolithic
Hòa Bình culture 12,000-10,000 BC Chr.
Neolithic
Bắc-Sơn culture 9,000-5,000 BC Chr.
Quỳnh Văn culture 3,000–1 BC Chr.
Đa Bút culture 4,000-1,700 BC Chr.
Bronze age
Phùng Nguyên culture 2,000-1,500 BC Chr.
Đồng-Đậu culture 1,500–1,000 BC Chr.
Gò-Mun culture 1,000–700 BC Chr.
Đông-Sơn culture 800 BC Chr. – 200 AD
Iron age
Sa Huỳnh culture 500 BC Chr. – 100 AD
Óc-Eo culture A.D. 1-630

The Phung Nguyen culture was a prehistoric culture in what is now Vietnam and existed from around 2000 to 1500 BC. BC With her the Bronze Age began in Vietnam. It is named after the Phung-Nguyen site of the same name .

The Phung Nguyen culture is known for around 50 settlements, which are on average one to three hectares in size. Phung-Nguyen is the best excavated site. It was about three hectares. The settlements are mostly on a hill near a river. Rice was the basis of the food . There is only indirect evidence of metal in the form of metalworking waste. Spindles are used for weaving, bone harpoons are used for hunting. Most of the tools are made of stone. Numerous rings made of nephrite were found . Their function is controversial. There were clay beads.

The ceramic is richly decorated with incisions. There are mostly intertwined and merging abstract patterns. The Phung Nguyen culture was divided into different phases based on the ceramic decoration.

literature

  • Charles Higham: The Neolitic societies of Mainland Southeast Asia , In: Southeast Asia, from prehistory to history , edited by Ian Glover and Peter Bellwood, London 2004, pp. 47-50 ISBN 0-415-29777-X
  • Pham Minh Huyen: Part II: The Metal Age in the North of Vietnam , In: Southeast Asia, from prehistory to history , edited by Ian Glover and Peter Bellwood, London 2004, pp. 189-210 ISBN 0-415-29777-X (Pp. 189–190 Phung Nguyen culture)

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