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Đông Sơn culture

c. 1000 BCE–1st century CE · 1st century BCE · Also known as Dong Son culture

The Đông Sơn culture was a Bronze Age culture of the Red River and Ma River valleys of northern Vietnam, named after a village in Thanh Hóa province. It is best known for large decorated bronze drums, traded widely across South-east Asia. Historians associate it with the early polities of Văn Lang and Âu Lạc.

Đông Sơn culture
Image: Bình Giang · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Van LangAu Lac

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Đông Sơn culture. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dong-son-culture
MLA
“Đông Sơn culture.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dong-son-culture. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Đông Sơn culture.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dong-son-culture.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Đông Sơn culture’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dong-son-culture (Accessed: ).

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