Definition: Phung Nguyen culture [2000-1500 BC] site in the Red River Valley of Vietnam, consisting of the earliest known sedentery culture of the interior river valleys of southeast Asia. Phung Nguyen culture sites are generally wet-rice agricultural villages and cemeteries, ceramics were tempered with rice grains, and there is evidence for fabric weaving, thread spinning, and rope making.
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