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Phung Nguyen Culture

By K. Kris Hirst, About.com

Definition: The late Neolithic and early Bronze Age people of the Phung Nguyen culture of Vietnam were wet rice farmers, who lived in sedentary villages on the Hong, Da and Lo rivers about 2000-1500 BC. Followed by the Dong Dau cultures.

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