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It's possible to say that the tradition of ochre and graphite painted pottery was essential in Vietnam. In this tradition, painted designs were simple and often not independent but in the combination with other decorations such as: incising, cord-marking, comb-marking, and shell-impressing. This tradition of painting pottery had continuously developed from the Late Neolithic (The Bau Tro culture), through the Bronze Age (the periods of the Long Thach, Binh Chau cultures) to the Early Iron Age (The Sa Huynh culture) in the area along the coast of Central Vietnam. Besides, some of the pottery speciments with painted designs in black, brown, grey were scatteredly discovered. They might not belong to the tradition mentioned above.
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