Ru Diep and the Quynh Van culture of central Vietnam

Thi My Dzung Lam; Thi Thuy Nguyen; Thi Kim Quy Tran; Peter Bellwood; Charles Higham; Fiona Petchey; Elle Grono; Chieu Nguyen; Philip J. Piper

doi:10.1016/j.ara.2020.100190

Ru Diep and the Quynh Van culture of central Vietnam

Thi My Dzung Lam^*, Thi Thuy Nguyen, Thi Kim Quy Tran, Peter Bellwood, Charles Higham, Fiona Petchey, Elle Grono, Chieu Nguyen, Philip J. Piper

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Excavations in 2015 at the site of Ru Diep in north-central Vietnam (Ha Tinh Province) raise significant questions about the transition into the Neolithic in this region, more than 5000 years ago. The material culture from the site reveals a mixture of both pre-Neolithic (Quynh Van culture) and Neolithic elements, in a shell mound context. The C14 dates for the site suggest that the surviving layers were deposited between outer limits of 3200 and 2900 cal. BC, but Bayesian analysis indicates a likely accumulation in less than 50 years. This date is almost one millennium older than expected for Neolithic-related materials in north-central Vietnam.

Original language	English
Article number	100190
Journal	Archaeological Research in Asia
Volume	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ara.2020.100190
Publication status	Published - Jun 2020

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