A TYPO-TECHNOLOGICAL DEFINITION OF TABONIAN INDUSTRIES

Six flaked lithic assemblages from Tabon, Guri and Duyong caves on Palawan and from Musang and Laurente caves in the Cagayan valley on Luzon (Philippines), discovered during the 1970s and 1980s, have been reanalyzed. The results are presented here

A TYPO-TECHNOLOGICAL DEFINITION OF TABONIAN INDUSTRIES

Six flaked lithic assemblages from Tabon, Guri and Duyong caves on Palawan and from Musang and Laurente caves in the Cagayan valley on Luzon (Philippines), discovered during the 1970s and 1980s, have been reanalyzed. The results are presented here

Late Pleistocene mammalian assemblages of Southeast Asia: New dating, mortality profiles and evolution of the predator-prey relationships in an environmental context

Karstic sites have great potential for yielding data regarding changes in faunal communities in the Pleistocene of Southeast Asia. In this region, the majority of fossil-bearing deposits are karstic breccias, which generally demonstrate a complicated sedimentary history. While most of the mammalian assemblages recovered in these deposits are only composed of isolated teeth, their study remains essential for reconstructing paleoecology and paleoclimatology of the region. We analyzed the assemblages recovered in three mainland and two insular karstic sites: Tam Hang South and Nam Lot in northern Laos, Duoi U'Oi in northern Vietnam, Punung in central Java and Sibrambang in western Sumatra and obtained new chronologies for three of these sites so that their significance could be discussed within their correct chronological context. The resulting age ranges place the sites in MIS5 and M1S4. The comparative analysis of the faunas, in terms of taphonomy, taxonomic diversity and abundance, and mortality profiles (Cervus unicolor, Sus scrofa, Sus vittatus, rhinocerotids and Tapirus indicus), reveals marked differences in prey-predators (carnivores and/or humans) relationships in relation to habitat. The study of homininesbearing sites (Punung, Nam Lot, Duoi U'Oi) allows us to emphasize different interactions with large carnivores (felids, hyaenids, canids). (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

Les sites fossilifères du Pléistocène

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L' industrie lithique préhistorique de débitage des Philippines de la fin du pléistocène à l'holocène moyen

AIX-MARSEILLE1-BU Lettres (130012101) / SudocSudocFranceF

Les sites fossilifères du Pléistocène, pages 62-79

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Les sites fossilifères du Pléistocène, pages 62-79

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Pà Hang, la montagne habitée

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Pà Hang, la montagne habitée

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Tam Hang Rockshelter: Preliminary Study of a Prehistoric Site in Northern Laos

In February 1934, Jacques Fromaget, from the Geological Service of Indochina, discovered the Tam Hang site in northern Laos. The site is a rockshelter, located on the southeastern slope of the Annamitic Chain on the edge of the P’a Hang cliff. The geologist’s excavation revealed considerable faunal remains from the middle Pleistocene as well as human biological and cultural remains from the pre-Holocene period. One of the human skeletons discovered by Fromaget buried beneath the shelter has recently been radiocarbon-dated to 15,740G80 b.p. After being relocated by Thongsa Sayavongkhamdy, an international team carried out new excavations in April 2003. Undisturbed cultural layers from the late Pleistocene and the early Holocene have been identified. The presence of pottery and a lithic industry suggests the use of the site from at least the late Pleistocene into the Holocene. This particularity confers on the site a character rarely found in mainland Southeast Asia. This preliminary study describes the 2003 excavation, the cultural elements found, and presents the historical and archaeological significance of the site in the international context of the quest for human origins that prevailed in the 1930s