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[southeastasianarchaeology]

[Paper] The Hoabinhian technocomplex in southwest China: Preliminary report on new discoveries in recent decades

Discoveries in Yunnan confirm the Hoabinhian technocomplex in China, suggesting ancient migration routes and a diffusion strategy in East Asia.

via L’Anthropologie, 06 April 2024: This paper by Wu et al. describes artifacts linked to the Hoabinhian technocomplex, previously well-documented in Southeast Asia but not in this region. The findings from two ancient sites, Xiaodong rockshelter and Dedan cave, support the hypothesis of a “Chinese Hoabinhian Homeland” and highlight Yunnan’s strategic role in ancient migration routes. These…

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Decoding the Hoabinhian: Southeast Asia's Distinctive Stone Age Toolkit

via L'Anthropologie, 27 October 2023: The Hoabinhian in Southeast Asia challenges conventional lithic tech, opting for pebble tools over projectiles, signifying unique tropical adaptation.

via L’Anthropologie, 27 October 2023: This paper by Forestier et al. discusses the Hoabinhian toolkit, which includes weighty, thick tools like unifaces and choppers, signifies a unique adaptation to tropical forest life, particularly in relation to bamboo. This stands in contrast to the Western prehistoric narrative of technical evolution and offers insights into human adaptation and technical…

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[Paper] The Early Holocene Hoabinhian (8300-8000 cal BC) occupation from Hiem Cave, Vietnam

via Comptes Rendus Palevol, 2023: Paper by Masojć et al looking at a Hoabinhian assemblage in Hoa Binh province in Vietnam. #vietnam #archaeology #hoabinhian

via Comptes Rendus Palevol, 2023: Paper by Masojć et al looking at a Hoabinhian assemblage in Hoa Binh province in Vietnam. This paper presents a case study from the Hiem cave (Hoà Bình province, North Vietnam) showing how a multidisciplinary approach in archaeological research can develop knowledge on the everyday life of the hunter-gatherer Hoabinhian groups occupying the cave during the early…

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Oldest Hoabinhian site discovered in SW China

KUNMING  -- The oldest Hoabinhian culture, an important technological adaptation by hunter-gatherers to the humid tropical and subtropical environments of southeast Asia some 43,500 years ago, was identified in southwest China's Yunnan Province.

Discovered at Xiaodong Rockshelter, it is the first-ever Hoabinhian site to be found in China, according to a research team at the Yunnan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology.

The Hoabinhian culture was first discovered in the 1920s in the northern Vietnam's Hoa Binh Province by French scholar M. Colani, who defined it in 1932 at the First Conference for Prehistoric Archaeologists in the Far East. Read more.