Sample name: Doi Pha Kan

Reference: V. Zeitoun, P. Auetrakulvit, A. Zazzo, A. Pierret, S. Frère, and H. Forestier. 2019. Discovery of an outstanding Hoabinhian site from the Late Pleistocene at Doi Pha Kan (Lampang province, northern Thailand). Archaeological Research in Asia 18:1-16 [ER 3745]

Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation, rock shelter

Archaeology: burials, stone tools

Habitat comments: "The Doi Pha Kan deposits are dusty loamy sediments that have accumulated over a depth of at least two meters. No distinctive stratigraphic layers were identified".
"A total of 2144 Hoabinhian lithic artefacts and 31, 698 faunal remains have been uncovered from the site. In addition, three adult and four child (10 months old) burials were uncovered. Several red-ochre painted figures (including hands, carnivores, proboscideans, bovids, etc.) are also present".
"The observed fauna is indicative of a forest environment and the anatomical distributions of Cervus and Bos remains suggest that butchering was consistently conducted outside of the rock-shelter. It is also possible that ligaments, tendons, and skins, or even bones, were used for non-food purposes. The faunal remains indicate that people at Doi Pha Kan were hunter-gatherers".

Life forms: bats, carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds, lizards, snakes, turtles, fishes, crustaceans, clams, snails

Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash

Sample size: 1641 specimens

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "Due to the loose nature of the deposits the site was excavated very carefully to avoid disturbing the sediments and embedded archaeological remains; small successive trenches less than 90 cm deep were excavated".
"All artefacts exceeding a length of 1 cm in at least one dimension were recorded in three dimensions. Smaller objects were collected by sieving out 5 cm thick sediment layers taken from 1 m2 plots".

Sample no: 3993

Contributor no: Benjamin Carter

Enterer: Benjamin Carter

Created: 2022-09-03 12:36:02

Modified: 2022-09-03 02:42:33