Go O Chua
Pagoda Mound · Go Oc Chua
Neolithic transition to Bronze Age (c.2500–2000 BP, ~500 BCE)·Neolithic–Oc Eo transitional (pre-Funan)」「Go O Chua culture·🇻🇳 Long An Province, Vinh Hung District, Vam Co Tay River basin, Mekong Delta, Vietnam
About
About Go O Chua
Pre-Funan settlement and burial mound (Pagoda Mound) in Vam Co Tay basin, Vinh Hung, Long An, lower Mekong Delta. Excavated by Nishimura, yielding 2500–2000 BP cord-impressed pottery many forms absent at Loc Giang, plus two rare early chordophone artefacts evidencing music, showing Mekong Delta Neolithic–Bronze transition culminating in Oc Eo.
Why it mattersPre-Funan delta mound with cord pottery and earliest Vietnamese musical chordophones
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chordophone artefacts — first music evidence in Vietnam or intrusion?
- 02Neolithic–Bronze transition continuity vs migration
Theories
- 01Vam Co Tay corridor model: Go O Chua–Loc Giang–Oc Eo continuous Mekong Delta neolithic sequence
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.500 BCE (2500 BP)
- Period
- Neolithic transition to Bronze Age (c.2500–2000 BP, ~500 BCE)
- Culture
- Neolithic–Oc Eo transitional (pre-Funan)」「Go O Chua culture
- Builders
- Mekong Delta farmers and burial builders
- Purpose
- Mekong Delta settlement and jar-burial mound with cord-impressed pottery and early chordophones
- Abandoned
- c.0 CE
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c.500 BCE (2500 BP)
Initial construction
c. 1350 CE
Major expansion
On the ground
Structures & features
11.0050° N · 105.7717° E · 5 m · 2 mapped features
Pagoda Mound burial zone
burialMain mound burial with cord-impressed jars and chordophone artefacts
11.0053° N · 105.7720° ESettlement scatter south
settlementHabitation scatter with many cord pottery forms
11.0047° N · 105.7714° E