Hồng Bàng (鴻龐) was the Vietnamese era that pre-dated Chinese influence and occupation. This was when the legendary myths of Trọng Thuỷ and Cửu Vĩ Hồ took place. However, not much is known about the accessories at the time. Another name for this era’s culture was the Đông Sơn (東山) culture.
An artist decided to look through artifacts and attempted to reconstruct the era’s accessories for both genders. However, all of these are not 100% accurate, and many depictions were based on the same artifacts for more ideas on how they looked like.
Through reconstructions, it’s shown that both men and women of that era had countless accessory styles, incorporating many different materials such as copper and silver. They were decorated from head to toe as well.
Check the sources for bonus reconstructions of architecture, including boats and houses!
A team of archaeologists from ANU has uncovered a vast trading network which operated in Vietnam from around 4,500 years ago up until around 3,000 years ago.
A new study shows a number of settlements along the Mekong Delta region of Southern Vietnam were part of a sophisticated scheme where large volumes of items were manufactured and circulated over hundreds of kilometres.
Lead researcher Dr Catherine Frieman School of the ANU School of Archaeology and Anthropology said the discovery significantly changes what was known about early Vietnamese culture.
“We knew some artefacts were being moved around but this shows evidence for a major trade network that also included specialist tool-makers and technological knowledge. It’s a whole different ball game,” Dr Frieman said. Read more.
Bought this USN deck jacket from a lovely man in Brighton the other day for £20, i have just seen it (where i took the image from) on rokit.co.uk for £120, total win!
