| 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 Bắc Sơn culture is the name given to a period of the Neolithic Age in Vietnam. The Bắc Sơn culture, also called the Bacsonian period, is often regarded as a variation of the Hoabinhian industry characterized by a higher frequency of edge-grounded cobble artifacts compared to earlier Hoabinhian artifacts.