Sahuyin

Asia in 200 BC e. On the map: Sahuyin culture marked in modern South Vietnam

Sahuyin Culture ^[1] ( Vietnamese. Văn hóa Sa Huỳnh ) - an archaeological culture that existed in central and southern parts of Vietnam in the period 1000 BC. e. - 200 g. e. Sa Hyuin Monument was discovered in 1909 . Archaeological sites of this culture are discovered in places from the Mekong Delta to the south of the Tonkin region.

The people of Sahuyin culture were apparently the ancestors of the Tjam people, the founders of the later Tampa kingdom.

Sahuyin cultural monuments abound in locally made iron artifacts, including axes , swords , spearheads , knives and sickles . In contrast, bronze artifacts prevailed in the neighboring Dongshon archaeological culture in northern Vietnam and further into Southeast Asia.

Sahuyin people cremated deceased adults and buried them in ceramic vessels covered with a lid - a similar practice is unique to this culture in the region under consideration. Funeral gifts ritually broken were also found in these vessels. Unique ear jewelry depicting two-headed animals is also typical of the culture. These jewelry were usually made of jade, but also sometimes made of glass. Also in the burials are often found beads, usually glass.

Sahuyin culture maintained wide trade relations, traded in beads made of glass, carnelian , agate , olivine , zircon , gold and pomegranate , and most of these materials were not of local origin, but imported. Also in the settlements of Sahuyin culture, bronze mirrors of the Han Dynasty style were discovered. Ear jewelry created by this culture was found in excavations in the center of Thailand , in Taiwan ( Orchid Island ) and in the Philippines ( Palawan ).