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In Lao Cai town between January and July 1993, five groupes of archaeological objects came to light, including 19 bronze drums. All the drums are Dong Son drums or heger Type I. Through classification of these drums, we can discover their equivalent points of closenesswith other known drums. They can be divided into 3 styles: - Dong Son style - Shizhaishan style - Wanjiaba style Accomapnying artifacts of the 19 bronze drums were exotic, belonging to the late Western Han of to the early Eastern Han eras. In general, the latest of these drums dates to about the first century BC to the first century AD.
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