Vietnam

Archaeologists have found it difficult to document music in the days of the Thẩm-khuyên Homo erectus and the Kéo-làng Homo sapiens in northern Vietnam, but discoveries regarding the lithic culture of Hòa Bình and Bắc Son and the bronze culture of Đông Sơn provide evidence of music and dance in prehistoric Vietnam (Phan, Hà, and Hoàng 1989). This period corresponds to the historical Văn Lang era under the Hùng kings (2879–258 b.c.), an era recalled in traditional oral narratives...