Archaeological culture · c. 1000 BCE – 1st century CE
Đông Sơn culture
The Đông Sơn culture, centred on the Red River delta and nearby valleys of northern Vietnam, was a Bronze Age society of rice farmers, fishers and sailors, often linked with the Lạc Việt. It is famous for large bronze drums cast with scenes of boats, warriors and houses, found widely across northern Vietnam, Yunnan and Guangxi, and as far as Malaysia.
The fortified city of Cổ Loa belongs to its later phase.
See Đông Sơn culture on the map in 1000 BCE
- On the map
- 1000 BCE – 100 CE
How we know
The Đông Sơn people left no writing of their own; the culture is known from excavation, and Chinese texts describe the region only from outside.
Sites
- Đông Sơn c. 1000 BCE – 1st century CE (culture)
- Cổ Loa Citadel c. 4th–2nd century BCE