Nguyen Thi Huynh Phuong *

* Corresponding author (nthphuong@ctu.edu.vn)

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Abstract

One of the earliest cultures in the Christian era, which is formed from the first to the sixth centuries in Southern Vietnam, is Oc Eo culture. The archeologist findings and historical records helped to discover main traits of Oc Eo culture, and how the culture was emerged and developed. This writing would try to touch upon these issues by combining different documents to reappear the overview picture of Oc Eo culture in Southern Vietnam. This paper, furthermore, would make clear the distribution, characteristics of Oc Eo artifacts, and discovery the life of Oc Eo inhabitants at that time.  
Keywords: Oc Eo, Oc Eo Culture, Artifacts, Southern Vietnam

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