The Phùng Nguyên culture of Vietnam (c. 2,000 – 1,500 BC) is a name given to a culture of the
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...
in Vietnam which takes its name from an archeological site in Phùng Nguyên, east of
Việt Trì discovered in 1958. It was during this period that
rice
Rice is a cereal grain and in its Domestication, domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa. Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice)—or, much l ...
cultivation was introduced into the
Red River region by northern
Dai people
The Dai people ( Burmese: ရှမ်းလူမျိုး; ; ; ; , ; , ; zh, c=, p=Dǎizú) are several Tai-speaking ethnic groups living in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture and the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture ...
. The first Phùng Nguyên culture excavation was in 1959, known as Co Nhue. The sites of Phùng Nguyên culture are usually several meters higher than the surrounding terrain and near rivers or streams. The most typical artifacts are pediform
adzes of polished stone.
[Thành Khôi Lê ''Histoire du Viêt Nam: des origines à 1858'' 1981 "Les objets les plus caractéristiques de la culture dongsonienne : les tambours et les haches pédiformes ne se rencontrent ni en Chine han ni en Occident, alors que la culture de Phùng-nguyên renferme des haches pédiformes en pierre polie"]
Gallery
File:Phung Nguyen Culture Pottery.jpg, Phùng Nguyên culture pots
File:Phung Nguyen Culture Tripod Pottery Pot.jpg, Phùng Nguyên culture tripod pot
File:Phung Nguyen Culture Pots and Cooking Pots.jpg, Phùng Nguyên culture pots, 3,500-4,000 years B.P.
File:Phung Nguyen Culture Stone Spear.jpg, Phùng Nguyên stone spear
See also
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Mán Bạc
References
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Ancient Vietnam
Archaeological cultures of Southeast Asia
Archaeological cultures in Vietnam
Bronze Age cultures of Asia