The Bắc Sơn culture is the name given to a period of the

Neolithic Age The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wid ...

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

. The Bắc Sơn culture, also called the Bacsonian period, is often regarded as a variation of the

Hoabinhian The Hoabinhian is a lithic techno-complex of archaeological sites associated with assemblages in Southeast Asia from the late Pleistocene to the Holocene, dated to –2000 BCE. It is attributed to hunter-gatherer societies of the region whose te ...

industry characterized by a higher frequency of edge-grounded cobble artifacts compared to earlier Hoabinhian artifacts.Rasmi Shoocongdej Forager mobility organization in seasonal tropical environments: 1996 "According to Ha Van Tan (1976, 1988, n.d.), the last stage of the "Hoabinhian" is the Bac Son culture, which is followed by the Da But culture. In general, the Bac Son is characterized by pebble tools, edge-ground axes and

earthenware Earthenware is glazed or unglazed Vitrification#Ceramics, nonvitreous pottery that has normally been fired below . Basic earthenware, often called terracotta, absorbs liquids such as water. However, earthenware can be made impervious to liquids ...

pottery."

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