| Prehistoric and ancient cultures of Vietnam |
|---|
| Paleolithic |
| Sơn Vi culture (20,000–12,000 BC) |
| Mesolithic |
| Hoabinhian (12,000–10,000 BC) |
| Neolithic |
| Bắc Sơn culture (10,000–8,000 BC) |
| Quỳnh Văn culture (8,000–6,000 BC) |
| Đa Bút culture (4,000–3,000 BC) |
| Bronze Age |
| Phùng Nguyên culture (2,000–1,500 BC) |
| Đồng Đậu culture (1,500–1,000 BC) |
| Gò Mun culture (1,000–800 BC) |
| Đông Sơn culture (1,000 BC–100 AD) |
| Iron Age |
| Sa Huỳnh culture (1,000 BC–200 AD) |
| Óc Eo culture (1–630 AD) |
The Đa Bút culture (5000-1000 BC) is the name given to a period of the early Neolithic Age in Vietnam, after the name of the site in Vĩnh Lộc district. The Đa Bút site was excavated in the 1930s by , and is a neolithic cemetery distinguished by shell middens. The site has recently been carbon-dated to 5000 BC. The people at the site were hunter-gatherers, and fishermen, with evidence of farming both of livestock and paddy rice. Other studies have given the site a slightly later date and found no evidence of food production.