Radiocarbon da ke nuna wani kogo a Laang Spean a lardin Battambang, arewa maso yammacin Cambodia ya tabbatar da kasancewar kayan aikin dutse na Hoabinhian daga 6000-7000 KZ da tukwane daga 4200 KZ.^[1] Ya gano tun 2012 ya kai ga fassarar gama gari, cewa kogon ya ƙunshi ragowar kayan tarihi na farkon farauta ta ƙungiyoyin mafarauta da masu tarawa, waɗanda mutanen Neolithic suka biyo baya tare da dabarun farauta da haɓaka kayan aikin dutse, da kuma tukwane mai fasaha sosai. yi da ƙira, kuma tare da ƙayyadaddun zamantakewa, al'adu, alamomi da ayyuka na musamman.^[2] Cambodia ta shiga cikin Titin Maritime Jade, wanda ke cikin yankin har tsawon shekaru 3,000, farawa daga 2000 KZ zuwa 1000 CE.^[3]Kwankwan kai da kasusuwan mutane da aka samu a Samrong Sen a lardin Kampong Chhnang tun daga shekara ta 1500 KZ.Heng Sophady (2007) ya zana kwatance tsakanin Samrong Sen da wuraren da'irar duniya na gabashin Cambodia.Wataƙila waɗannan mutane sun yi ƙaura daga Kudu-maso-gabashin China zuwa tsibirin Indochine.Masana sun gano noman shinkafa na farko da tagulla na farko a kudu maso gabashin Asiya ga wadannan mutane.Zamanin Iron Age na kudu maso gabashin Asiya ya fara kusan 500 KZ kuma yana dawwama har zuwa ƙarshen zamanin Funan - kusan 500 AZ yayin da yake ba da tabbataccen shaidar farko don dorewar cinikin teku da hulɗar zamantakewa da siyasa tare da Indiya da Kudancin Asiya.Ya zuwa karni na 1, mazauna sun ɓullo da hadaddun al'ummomi, tsararrun al'ummomi da kuma ilimin kimiyya iri-iri na addini, waɗanda ke buƙatar manyan harsunan magana da ke da alaƙa da na yau.Ƙungiyoyin da suka fi samun ci gaba suna zaune a bakin teku da kuma ƙananan kwarin kogin Mekong da yankunan delta a cikin gidaje a kan tudu inda suke noma shinkafa, kifi da kuma adana dabbobin gida.^[4]