Mazaunan farko na Laos - Australo-Melanesian - sun biyo bayan dangin Austro-Asiatic.Waɗannan al'ummomin farko sun ba da gudummawa ga tushen kakannin kabilun Lao na sama da aka fi sani da "Lao Theung," tare da manyan kabilun Khamu na arewacin Laos, da Brao da Katang a kudu.^[1]An bullo da dabarun noman rigar shinkafa da gero daga kogin Yangtze da ke kudancin kasar Sin tun kimanin shekaru 2,000 KZ.Farauta da tarawa sun kasance wani muhimmin al'amari na samar da abinci;musamman a cikin dazuzzuka da wuraren tsaunuka na cikin gida.^[2] An tabbatar da samar da tagulla da tagulla na farko a kudu maso gabashin Asiya a wurin Ban Chiang a arewa maso gabashin Thailand na zamani kuma a cikin al'adun Phung Nguyen na arewacin Vietnam tun kusan 2000 KZ.^[3]Daga karni na 8 KZ har zuwa karshen karni na 2 AZ wata al'umma ta kasuwanci a cikin kasa ta bulla a yankin Xieng Khouang Plateau, kusa da wurin megalithic da ake kira Plain of Jars.Tulunan sarcophagi ne na dutse, kwanan wata daga farkon zamanin ƙarfe (500 KZ zuwa 800 CE) kuma suna ɗauke da shaidar ragowar ɗan adam, kayan binnewa da yumbu.Wasu rukunin yanar gizon sun ƙunshi tuluna ɗaya sama da 250.Mafi tsayin tuluna sun fi mita 3 (9.8 ft) tsayi.An san kadan game da al'adun da suka samar da kuma amfani da kwalba.Tulunan da kasancewar taman ƙarfe a yankin sun nuna cewa waɗanda suka kirkiri wurin sun tsunduma cikin kasuwancin ƙasa da riba.^[4]