Palaeoecology and Forager Subsistence Strategies during the Pleistocene – Holocene Transition: A Reinvestigation of the Zooarchaeological Assemblage from Spirit Cave, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand

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dc.contributor.author Conrad, Cyler
dc.contributor.author Higham, Charles
dc.contributor.author Eda, Masaki
dc.contributor.author Marwick, Ben
dc.date.accessioned 2018-11-14T18:46:11Z
dc.date.available 2018-11-14T18:46:11Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.description.abstract This reanalysis uses the zooarchaeological assemblage recovered from Spirit Cave to understand hunter-gatherer use and occupation at the site during the Pleistocene – Holocene transition. We analyze bone fragmentation, sample size, and relative abundance to establish the preservation and overall composition of the remaining fauna. Identification of several new taxa, including roundleaf bats (Hipposideros larvatus and bicolor), elongated tortoise (Indotestudo elongata), black marsh turtle (Siebenrockiella crassicollis), Burmese hare (Lepus cf. peguensis) and a potential red junglefowl (Phasianidae — ?Gallus gallus) provide insights into hunter-gatherer occupation, palaeoecology, and subsistence strategies between 12,000 and 7000 years b.p. Our results indicate that Spirit Cave was occupied more sporadically than originally suggested; additionally, we identify new evidence for landscape disturbance during the early Holocene. Although this Spirit Cave zooarchaeological assemblage is incomplete, it remains an important component of Southeast Asian prehistory, providing evidence for human adaptations during a period of climatic change and instability.
dc.identifier.issn 0066-8435 (Print)
dc.identifier.issn 1535-8283 (E-ISSN)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/59186
dc.relation.ispartofseries Volume 55
dc.relation.ispartofseries Number 1
dc.subject Spirit Cave
dc.subject zooarchaeology
dc.subject NISP
dc.subject MNI
dc.subject Thailand
dc.subject Pleistocene–Holocene transition
dc.subject Hipposideros larvatus
dc.subject Lepus peguensis
dc.subject Siebenrockiella crassicollis
dc.title Palaeoecology and Forager Subsistence Strategies during the Pleistocene – Holocene Transition: A Reinvestigation of the Zooarchaeological Assemblage from Spirit Cave, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand
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