Truong Son Sa Huynh Site
Sa Huynh Truong Son · Cham Sa Huynh Preculture · Sa Huynh burial site
Iron Age Sa Huynh 1000 BCE–200 CE Iron Age coastal·Sa Huynh — Truong Son coastal Iron Age (Cham pre-culture)·🇻🇳 Vietnam, Central Vietnam, Quang Ngai Province, Duc Pho District, Sa Huynh coastal plain at Truong Son Range foothills, 50 km south of Quang Ngai City on South China Sea, Vietnam
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About Truong Son Sa Huynh Site
Truong Son Sa Huynh Site — Sa Huynh culture type locality edge (1000 BCE–200 CE, Iron Age coastal Vietnam) on South China Sea dunes at Sa Huynh 50 km S Quang Ngai, foothill of Truong Son (Annamite Range), excavated 1909 by Vaghi and 1975–90 by Vietnamese Institute. Truong Son Sa Huynh revealed jar burials (child and adult lidded jars with earrings), nephrite lingling-o, agate beads, Dong Son-type bronze, and exchange with Philippines (lingling-o distribution). Situated at Truong Son pass, Sa Huynh's dunes hold coral sand burials linking Austronesian Cham pre-culture to Iron Age maritime Sa Huynh–Mekong network and Kalanay Philippines.
Why it mattersSa Huynh coastal Iron Age type locality — lingling-o and jar burials linking Vietnam to Philippines Kalanay
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Austronesian Cham genesis — autochthonous or Philippines influx?
Theories
- 01Sa Huynh as Austronesian maritime network hinge
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.1000 BCE Sa Huynh dune jar cemetery inception
- Period
- Iron Age Sa Huynh 1000 BCE–200 CE Iron Age coastal
- Culture
- Sa Huynh — Truong Son coastal Iron Age (Cham pre-culture)
- Builders
- Sa Huynh coastal maritime people (Austronesian Cham antecedent)
- Purpose
- Truong Son foothill jar burial centre controlling South China Sea and Annamite pass
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c.1000 BCE
Sa Huynh jar burials commence on Truong Son foothill dunes
c.1 CE
Dong Son bronze and iron fluorescence
1909
Vaghi defines Sa Huynh dune cemetery; 1975–90 Tan expands
On the ground
Structures & features
15.1500° N · 108.7800° E · 8 m · 2 mapped features
Northern Dune Jar Burial Field
cemeteryDune jar lidded burials with lingling-o and bronze on northern Truong Son foothill dune
15.1510° N · 108.7810° ESouthern Iron Workshop Hollow
workshopIron smelting hollow with slag and Kalanay agate bead strand south of cemetery
15.1490° N · 108.7790° E