Ref ID:	37101
Ref Type:	Journal Article
Authors:	Forestier, Hubert Zhou, Yuduan Viallet, Cyril Auetrakulvit, Prasit Li, Yinghua Sophady, Heng
Title:	Reduction sequences during the Hoabinhian technocomplex in Cambodia and Thailand: a new knapping strategy in Southeast Asia from the Terminal Upper Pleistocene to mid Holocene
Date:	2021
Source:	Lithic Technology
DOI:	10.1080/01977261.2021.1981654
Abstract:	The Hoabinhian is a cultural marker of the late Paleolithic in Mainland Southeast Asia. And it is one of the most debated topics in prehistoric research in Southeast Asia. However, today there is a lack of reliable information on the diversity of production strategies and tool structures in the Hoabinhian, due to poor scientific methods and few well-excavated sites in the twentieth century. Over the last two decades, a technological approach that aims to identify reduction sequences (chaîne opératoires) has been applied to Hoabinhian lithic assemblages. Results have been generated that broaden our understanding of the technological characteristics and nature of the Hoabinhian industry. In this study, we present two Hoabinhian case studies from Cambodia (Laang Spean Cave) and Thailand (Moh Khiew Cave) to reveal the reduction sequences and end products of the Hoabinhian industry. We also compare and discuss the unity and variability between the two sites.
Volume:	47
Number:	2
Page Start:	147
Page End:	170