Dong Son culture
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Prehistoric Cultures of Vietnam
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| Paleolithic Age |
| Sơn Vi Culture (c. 20,000–12,000 BCE) |
| Mesolithic Age |
| Hoabinhian (c. 10,000–2,000 BCE) Bacsonian (c. 8,000–4,000 BCE) |
| Neolithic Age |
| Quỳnh Văn Culture (c. 8,000–6,000 BCE) |
| Đa Bút Culture (c. 6,000–5,000 BCE) |
| Bronze Age |
| Phùng Nguyên Culture (c. 5,000–4,000 BCE) |
| Đồng Đậu Culture (c. 4,000–2,500 BCE) |
| Gò Mun Culture (c. 2,500–2,000 BCE) |
| Iron Age |
| Đông Sơn Culture (c. 2,000 BCE–200 CE) |
| Sa Huỳnh Culture (c. 1,000 BCE–200 CE) |
| Óc Eo Culture (c. 1–630 CE) |
The Đông Sơn culture was a prehistoric Iron Age culture that was centered at the Red River Valley of northern Vietnam. The culture also flourished in other parts of Southeast Asia, including the Indo-Malayan Archipelago from about 1000 BC to 1 BC.
The Dong Son people were skilled at cultivating rice, keeping buffaloes and pigs, fishing and sailing with long dug-out canoes. They also were skilled bronze casters, as can be seen in the famous Dong Son drums, which have been found widely in Southeast Asia and southern China.
The Dong Son culture is linked to the Tibeto-Burman culture, the Dai culture in Yunnan and Laos, the Mon-Khmer cultures and the culture associated with the Plain of Jars in Laos. Similar artifacts have been found in Cambodia along the Mekong River dating back to the 4th millennium B.C. Dong Son influence is seen throughout South-East Asia, from the moko drum of Alor, Indonesia (suspected of originating with Dong Son bronze drums) to the design of keris knife.
To the east of the Dong Son culture was the proto-Cham Sa Huynh culture.
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