Doi Pha Kan
Basic information
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]
Geography
Country: Thailand
State: Lampang
Coordinate: 18° 27' N, 99° 46' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Max Ma: 0.01293
Min Ma: 0.01117
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "The archaeological site of Doi Pha Kan is located in Lampang province, northern Thailand. The site is a rock-shelter that opens up in the eastern wall of the Doi Pha Kan mountain".
"The dates obtained for three burials from the site ranged from 11,170 ± 40 to 12,930 ± 50 BP".
"The dates obtained for three burials from the site ranged from 11,170 ± 40 to 12,930 ± 50 BP".
Environment
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".
"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".
Methods
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
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".
"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".
Metadata
Sample number: 3993
Contributor: Benjamin Carter
Enterer: Benjamin Carter
Created: 2022-09-03 12:36:02
Modified: 2022-09-03 02:42:33
Abundance distribution
37 species
9 singletons
total count 1641
geometric series index: 66.7
Fisher's α: 6.726
geometric series k: 0.8291
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6194
Shannon's H: 1.3913
Good's u: 0.9945
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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