The Phùng Nguyên culture of Vietnam (c. 2,000 – 1,500 BC) is a name given to a culture of the Bronze Age in Vietnam which takes its name from an archeological site in Phùng Nguyên, 18 km (11 mi) east of Việt Trì discovered in 1958.[1] It was during this period that rice cultivation was introduced into the Red River region from southern China.[2][3] The first Phùng Nguyên culture excavation was in 1959, known as Co Nhue. The sites of Phùng Nguyên culture are usually several meters higher than the surrounding terrain and near rivers or streams.[4] The most typical artifacts are pediform adzes of polished stone.[5]
Phùng Nguyên culture pots
Phùng Nguyên culture tripod pot
Phùng Nguyên culture pots, 3,500-4,000 years B.P.
Phùng Nguyên stone spear
Xavier Guillaume La Terre du Dragon Tome 1 - Page 265 "Phùng Nguyên (18 km à l'O. de Viêt Tri) : Site archéologique découvert en 1958 et datant du début de l'âge du bronze (4.000 ans av. J.-C.). De nombreux sites d'habitat ainsi que des nécropoles ont été mis à jour. Cette culture est illustrée par ..."
Nola Cooke, Tana Li, James Anderson - The Tongking Gulf Through History 2011- Page 6 "Charles Higham and Tracey L.-D. Lu, for instance, have demonstrated that rice was introduced into the Red River region from southern China during the prehistoric period, with evidence dating back to the Phùng Nguyên culture (2000–1500 ..."
Asie du Sud-Est et monde insulindien: Volume 9, Issues 1-4 Centre de documentation et de recherches sur l'Asie du Sud-Est et le monde insulindien - 1978 "En étudiant la culture du bronze de Phùng Nguyên, Hà Van Tân a récemment redonné de l'actualité à cette question. Dans son texte "La culture de Phùng Nguyên et l'origine des Viêt " (1975), cet auteur estime que les artisans de la culture de .."
Khoach, N. B. 1983. Phung Nguyen. Asian Perspectives 23 (1): 25.
Thành Khôi Lê Histoire du Viêt Nam: des origines à 1858 1981 "Les objets les plus caractéristiques de la culture dongsonienne : les tambours et les haches pédiformes ne se rencontrent ni en Chine han ni en Occident, alors que la culture de Phùng-nguyên renferme des haches pédiformes en pierre polie"