Le Hoabinhien en Thaïlande : un exemple d'approche expérimentale

Abstract

English summary Hoabinhian artefacts, collected during surveys and excavations realized by the Thai- French Archaeological Mission in Thailand, were studied and classified typologically . But the archaeological collection was not homogeneous and we preferred to analyze it through an experimental and technological way, two aspects generally ignored. The different steps of production have been tested : collect of raw material, shaping out and finally, a few artefacts (mainly axes) were used on different raw material : bamboo and wood. This experimentation took place in Obluang (Chiang Mai Province, Thailand) where the excavations and surveys were done. This study permit to establish a typo-technological terminology, specially adapted to this pebble industry. All the documents we collected during this experimentation constitute a basic data system for archaeologists and students who would be interested in this field.

What attributes are important for the measurement of assemblage reduction intensity? Results from an experimental stone artefact assemblage with relevance to the Hoabinhian of mainland Southeast Asia

“…Four classes of dorsal cortex location identified by Nishimura (2005). Modified from Jeremie and Vacher (1992).…”

“…He notes that the later stages of ''resharpening or otherwise rejuvenating an edge [on a core tool]'' results in flakes with cortex on the distal end of the flake and flakes without any dorsal cortex (tertiary flakes) (cf. Jeremie and Vacher, 1992;Nishimura, 2005). This cobble reduction experiment demonstrates that Nishimura's four classes (Fig.…”

Le techno-complexe hoabinhien en Asie du Sud-est continentale : L’histoire d’un galet qui cache la forêt

“…D'ailleurs, les approches technologiques (reconnaissance des méthodes et des techniques de taille) avec l'utilisation du concept de chaîne opératoire sont encore trop peu répandues dans les études lithiques en Asie du Sud-est continentale (Forestier 2000;Forestier et al 2015;Jérémie & Vacher 1992;White & Gorman 2004;Zeitoun et al 2008), contrairement aux approches morpho-typo ou statistiques (Marwick 2007(Marwick , 2008b(Marwick , 2013. En l'état, une utilisation raisonnable des méthodes statistiques devrait permettre d'éviter la radicalisation classificatoire des galets et sa conséquence totalisante qui en efface la variabilité et l'identité.…”