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🇻🇳 Vietnam · Cemetery
Hoabinhian late 6000 BP → Da But Neolithic transition · Da But — Hoabinhian→Neolithic cemetery transition on Ma plain
Con Co Ngua Cemetery — Da But cemetery (6000–5500 BP, late Hoabinhian-Neolithic transition) on limestone knoll at Ha Trung 35 km N Thanh Hoa, excavated 1979–98 and 2013 by V.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Dong Son Bronze–Iron 1000 BCE–100 CE (Phùng Nguyên → Dong Dau → Go Mun → Dong Son → Han) · Dong Son (Vietic Austroasiatic, Austro-Tai contact) — ancestors of Kinh Vietnamese
Type-site for Dong Son culture (c.1000 BCE–100 CE) on the Mã River near Thanh Hóa — Bronze–Iron Age village with famous bronze drum foundry, excavated 1924 by Madeleine Colani (first Dong Son…
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Cemetery
Neolithic 4000–3500 BP Da But→Phung Nguyen mosaic · Man Bac — Da But hunter to East Asian Neolithic admixture (Austroasiatic migration)
Man Bac Cemetery — Neolithic cemetery (c.4000–3500 BP, Phung Nguyen fringe) at Yen Mo karst 25 km S Ninh Binh, excavated 1999–2007 Australian–Vietnamese (Oxenham).
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Đồng Đậu culture 1500–1200 BCE (Phùng Nguyên → Đồng Đậu → Gò Mun → Dong Son) · Phùng Nguyên succession (Vietic Red River) → Dong Son ancestor
Red River Phùng Nguyên succession site (c.1800–1200 BCE, Đồng Đậu culture 1500–1200) northwest of Hanoi — type-site for Đồng Đậu culture (Bùi Vinh's Phùng Nguyên → Đồng Đậu → Gò Mun sequence)…
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Early Bronze Age Phung Nguyen 2000–1500 BCE · Phung Nguyen culture — Red River early bronze (type-site)
Phu Tho Phung Nguyen Hill — type-site of Phung Nguyen culture (2000–1500 BCE, Vietnam's earliest Bronze Age) on Hong River hill 10 km Viet Tri, 60 km NW Hanoi, excavated 1961 by Hoang Van Khoan (then…
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Iron Age Sa Huynh 1000 BCE–200 CE Iron Age coastal · Sa Huynh — Truong Son coastal Iron Age (Cham pre-culture)
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…
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Southern Vietnam Neolithic 2300–1200 BCE (An Son phase) · Southern Neolithic (Mekong) → Bronze transitional
Mekong Neolithic rice mound (2300–1200 BCE) north of delta — An Sơn with raised-floor village.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Phùng Nguyên Early Bronze 2000–1500 BCE → Đồng Đậu 1500–1200 → Gò Mun 1200–700 → Dong Son 800 BCE · Phùng Nguyên (Vietnam Early Bronze, Red River low terrace)
First Vietnam bronze hillocks (2000–1500 BCE) at Phùng Nguyên Phú Thọ — Phùng Nguyên culture type-site with socketed bronze axes and jade bracelet.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Iron Age Sa Huỳnh 1000 BCE–200 CE → Oc Eo 200–600 CE → Cham 200–1400 CE · Sa Huỳnh (South Central Vietnam Iron Age, Kalanay related)
Sa Huỳnh jar-burial coastal culture (1000 BCE–200 CE) at Sa Huỳnh dune plain — 80 cm burial jars with lingling-o earrings and glass bead sea trade.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Cave
The Con Moong cave (Vietnamese: Hang Con Moong, "beast" cave) is located in the Cúc Phương National Park, just south of Mọ village, in the Thanh Hóa Province, northern Vietnam.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient city
Funan 1st–12th c CE → Chenla → Post-Funan · Funan (Austroasiatic–Indianized) → Mekong–Champa transit
Funan canal city expanded — 11 canals and Ba Thê hill with Roman coin at Óc Eo, An Giang (1st–12th c).
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Archaeological wonder
Cát Tiên archaeological site or Cát Tiên Sanctuary (Vietnamese: Thánh địa Cát Tiên) is an archaeological site located between the two sectors of Cát Tiên National Park, Cát Tiên District, Lâm Đồng…
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient city
Early Dai Viet Dinh–Le 968–1009 · Dai Co Viet (Kinh)
First capital of centralized Đại Cồ Việt after independence (968–1010 CE) — fortress between limestone karst towers (Tam Coc–Trang An) and river at Hoa Lu, Dinh (968) and Early Le (980) citadels —…
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Geoglyph
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Church Geoglyph in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) geoglyph attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient city
Funan Oc Eo culture (1st–7th century CE, Funan port peak 2nd–6th) · Funan (Oc Eo) → Chenla
Funan canal port (1st–7th cent) — 12 ha brick port 14.5 km from Oc Eo city via canal, 10 km from modern sea.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient city
Oc Eo–Funan culture 200 BCE–700 CE → Chenla · Austro-Asiatic Funan / Indianised Buddhist-Hindu
Funan port-city of Mekong Delta (c.200 BCE–12th c. CE) on ancient Austro-Asiatic maritime Silk Road, 450 ha moated and canal-grid city linking Mekong to coast 10 km inland — Roman medallions…
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Barrow Ancient Village in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) ancient village attributed to Nazca culture.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient city
Indrapura or Đồng Dương was the capital city of the kingdom of Champa from 875 AD until 982, or until 12th century AD. It was built and ruled under the reign of Buddhist king Indravarman II (r.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Pyramid
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Pyramid of Roxby Midden in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) pyramid attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Tumulus
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Tumulus of Hunstanton-Force in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) tumulus attributed to Nazca culture.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Temple complex
Funan to Chenla (5th–12th century CE, Oc Eo phase 5th–7th, Chenla later) · Oc Eo → Chenla → Khmer
Plain of Reeds island temple (5th–12th cent) — 10 ha Funan–Chenla brick sanctuary in Dong Thap Muoi.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient city
Champa early capital (4th–8th c. CE) · Cham (Simhapura)
Tra Kieu Lion Citadel — Simhapura in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam is a Champa early capital (4th–8th c. CE) ancient-city attributed to Cham (Simhapura).