Discovery of a prehistoric site at Sao Din (Nanoi, Nan province, Northern Thailand): Stone tools and new geological insights

Zeitoun, Valéry; Forestier, Hubert; Auetrakulvit, Prasit; Khaokhiew, Chawalit; Rassé, Michel; Davtian, Gourgen; Winayalai, Chinnawut; Tiamtinkrit, Chaturaporn

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“…From a wider regional perspective, the eventual discovery of equally early sites in continental Southeast Asia would come as no surprise given the presence of very early industries in Pakistan at the site of Riwat dated to around 2.5 Ma (Rendell and Dennell,1985;Dennell, 2009), in southern India at Attirampakkam, which is older than 1.5 Ma (Pappu et al, 2011), Southern China with Longgupo dated to over 2.0 Ma (Hou and Zhao, 2010;Boëda and Hou, 2011) and insular Southeast Asia with Pacitan in Java (Sémah et al 2000) and the Mata Menge site in Flores around 0.8 Ma (Sondaar et al, 1994;Van den Bergh et al, 1996;Morwood et al, 1998;Simanjuntak et al, 2010). This probability has already been hinted at by earlier discoveries in Myanmar (Movius, 1943), Cambodia (Saurin, 1966) and Thailand (Sarasin, 1933;Van Heekeren, 1947), further reinforced by more recent finds from Northern Thailand (Zeitoun et al 2012). 1) Undifferentiated Quaternary deposits; 2) Quaternary basalts; 3) Tertiary; 4) Undifferentiated pre-Tertiary deposits; 5) Hydrographic network; 6) Major cities; 7) Location of radiometric samples (Pope et al, 1986 (in white) and Sasada et al, 1987 (in black)); 8) other known archaeological sites.…”

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The Ban Don Mun artifacts: A chronological reappraisal of human occupations in the Lampang province of Northern Thailand

Zeitoun

Forestier

Rassé

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Journal of Human Evolution

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Despite recent stone tool evidence demonstrating a much older Early Pleistocene human presence in India, the timing and geography of human demographic expansions in continental Southeast Asia remains ambiguous. The recent discovery of a series of stone artifacts spread over a basalt level at Ban Don Mun in the Lampang province of northern Thailand presents an ideal opportunity for reevaluating lithic assemblages documented during the 1970s and 1980s in the same region. Both the position of these stone tools and new absolute dates indicate a Middle Pleistocene age and call into question the status of these artifacts as the oldest yet found in Southeast Asia. The uncertain geo-chronological context and technological analysis of the chopper industry from previous work in the Lampang area prompted us to undertake new surveys in continental Southeast Asia in order to help clarify the route and timing of Pleistocene human expansions in this part of the world.

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The Ban Don Mun artifacts: A chronological reappraisal of human occupations in the Lampang province of Northern Thailand

Zeitoun

Forestier

Rassé

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“…Archaeological research carried out elsewhere in this vast region adds information on the ancient hominin settlement at the boundary between the Lower and Middle Pleistocene. Artifacts from the site of Sao Din in northern Thailand reveal an undeniable closeness to the South Chinese and Vietnamese collections (Zeitoun et al, 2012). Moreover, the researchers of this site argue not only similar features (bifacial technology), but also the specifi city typical of the Early Paleolithic industries of Southeast Asia (Ibid.).…”

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The Early Paleolithic Go Da Site and the Bifacial Lithic Industries of Southeast Asia

Kandyba

Chekha

Nguyen

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Arheol. ètnogr. antropol. Evrazii

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The lithic industry of the stratified site Go Da in Central Vietnam is described, and its place among the contemporaneous Early Paleolithic sites of East and Southeast Asia is determined. Results of a morphological technotypological analysis of the Go Da assemblage are provided. Go Da is attributed to the An Khe-type sites situated in the eponymous area of Vietnam. Cores and tools were made from pebbles, less often from fl akes. Primary reduction focused on simple pebble cores with natural striking-platforms, whereas radial cores were less common. Predom inant among the tools are picks, scrapers of various modifi cations, choppers, and chopping tools, as well as denticulate and notched tools; also, bifaces occur. These tools belong to a single homogeneous industry, showing common features in primary reduction, preparation, and design of key artifacts. On the basis of analysis of the stratigraphic sequence of Go Da and the absolute date of 806 ± 22 ka BP, generated by the potassium-argon analysis of tektites, it is proposed that the site is older than other dated locations with the An Khe industry. Apparently, it resulted from a convergent evolution of the pebble-fl ake industry introduced by the fi rst wave of Homo erectus from Africa. Go Da and other An Khe sites likely belong to a vast habitation zone of Southeast Asian hominins with technologically and typologically similar industries dating to the boundary between the Lower and the Middle Pleistocene.

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The Erectines of Asia

Langdon

2022

Springer Texts in Social Sciences

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Discovery of a prehistoric site at Sao Din (Nanoi, Nan province, Northern Thailand): Stone tools and new geological insights

Cited by 8 publications

References 16 publications

The Ban Don Mun artifacts: A chronological reappraisal of human occupations in the Lampang province of Northern Thailand

The Ban Don Mun artifacts: A chronological reappraisal of human occupations in the Lampang province of Northern Thailand

The Early Paleolithic Go Da Site and the Bifacial Lithic Industries of Southeast Asia

The Erectines of Asia

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