Hoabinhian

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Prehistoric and ancient cultures of Vietnam
Paleolithic
Sơn Vi culture (20,000–12,000 BC)
Mesolithic
Hoabinhian (12,000–10,000 BC)
Neolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age

The Hoabinhian is a lithic techno-complex of archaeological sites associated with assemblages in Southeast Asia from the late Pleistocene to the Holocene, dated to c. 10,000–2000 BCE.[1] It is attributed to hunter-gatherer societies of the region whose technological variability over time is poorly understood.[2] In 2016, a rock shelter was identified in Yunnan, China, 40 km from the border with Myanmar, where artifacts belonging to the Hoabinhian technocomplex were recognized, dating from 41,500 BCE.[3]

The Bacsonian is often regarded as a variation of the Hoabinhian industry, characterized by a higher frequency of edge-grounded cobble artifacts compared to earlier Hoabinhian artifacts, dated to c. 8000–4000 BCE.[4][5]

  1. ^ the Hoabinhian is a lithic techno-complex from the late Pleistocene to Holocene, found in Mainland and Island Southeast Asia. (Zeitoun et al. 2019:143)
  2. ^ The Hoabinhian is a common lithic assemblage found throughout Southeast Asia. It is generally attributed to hunter-gatherer societies that occupied this region (Higham, 2013), but little is known about these societies in terms of their technological variability over time. (Zeitoun et al. 2019:151)
  3. ^ Ji, Xueping; Kuman, Kathleen; Clarke, R. J.; Forestier, Hubert; Li, Yinghua; Ma, Juan; Qiu, Kaiwei; Li, Hao; Wu, Yun (2 May 2016). "The oldest Hoabinhian technocomplex in Asia (43.5 ka) at Xiaodong rockshelter, Yunnan Province, southwest China". Quaternary International. 400: 166–174. Bibcode:2016QuInt.400..166J. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.09.080.
  4. ^ Bellwood, Peter (2007). Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago. ANU E Press. pp. 161–167. ISBN 978-1-921313-12-7.
  5. ^ Kipfer, Barbara Ann (2000). "Bacsonian". Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology. p. 50. doi:10.1007/978-1-4757-5133-8. ISBN 978-1-4419-3322-5.