Sample name: Tham Lod rockshelter (Unit 1)

Reference: R. Shoocongdej and A. Wattanapituksakul. 2020. Faunal assemblages and demography during the Late Pleistocene (MIS 2-1) to Early Holocene in Highland Pang Mapha, Northwest Thailand. Quaternary International 563:51-63 [ER 3710]

Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation,rock shelter

Archaeology: stone tools

Habitat comments: "The rockshelter forms part of a huge semi-circular karstic limestone doline, facing to the north. The karstic features are developed in Middle Carboniferous limestones".
"Based on the stratigraphic profile and chronological data, the sequence is divided into three main geoarchaeological units or "Cultural Layers" that can be correlated to the successive settlement phases". The first cultural layer (Unit 1), the lowest part of the sequence, "provides evidence for the presence of hunter-gatherers".
"The Tham Lod lithic assemblage involved a total of 102,386 items recovered from all three cultural layers. These can be subdivided into cores, flake tools, and pebbles, with the majority being produced from locally available grey sandstone cobbles and pebbles collected from the nearby Lang River". The site "appears to have been used as a lithic workshop (tool manufacturing and maintenance), as supported by the high densities of lithic artifacts and refuse".

Life forms: carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates,turtles,fishes

Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash

Sample size: 1089 specimens

Years: 2002

Sampling comments: "In 2002, the Highland Archaeology Project excavated three areas at the base of the rockshelter, covering a transect from the cliff slope to the lower plain: Area 1 (a 6 m2 trench), Area 2 (a 12 m2 trench), and Area 3 (an 18 m2 trench)".
The register below corresponds to the remains found throughout Cultural Layer 1 (Unit 1) across all three excavation areas.

Sample number: 3928

Contributor: Benjamin Carter

Enterer: Benjamin Carter

Created: 2022-03-26 11:42:04

Modified: 2023-05-30 00:31:24