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Authors: |
Lenoble, Arnaud
Zeitoun, Valéry
Laudet, Frédéric
Seveau, Arnoult
Doy Asa, Tasana
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Title: |
Natural processes involved in the formation of Pleistocene bone assemblages in continental South-east Asian caves: the case of the cave of the monk (Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand)
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Date: |
2008
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From <i>Homo erectus</i> to the living traditions
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Place of Publication: |
Chiang Mai
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Publisher: |
European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists
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Notes: |
Choice of Papers from the 11th International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists, Bougon, 25th-29th September 2006.
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Abstract: |
A large paleontological assemblage typical of <i>Ailuropoda-Stegodon</i> fauna was discovered in the Cave of the Monk, in northern Thailand. Geological and taphonomic approaches were conducted in order to determine site formation processes. A sedimentological study indicated that the fossiliferous layer resulted from medium-size burrowing animals occupying the cave. Bone surface analysis confirmed that Porcupine was the main, if not exclusive, bone accumulator. A bone appears to have formed over an average period of one to several tens of thousands of years. This time frame means that the assemblage can not be considered as a homogeneous reference for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction as may have been assumed without the present analysis.
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Date Created: |
10/6/2008
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Editors: |
Pautreau, Jean-Pierre
Coupey, Anne-Sophie
Zeitoun, Valéry
Rambault, Emma
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Page Start: |
41
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Page End: |
50
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