Editing Hoabinhian (section)

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The '''Hoabinhian''' is a lithic techno-complex of [[Archaeological site|archaeological sites]] associated with assemblages in [[Southeast Asia]] from the [[late Pleistocene]] to the [[Holocene]], dated to {{circa|10,000}}–2000 BCE.<ref>the Hoabinhian is a lithic techno-complex from the late Pleistocene to Holocene, found in Mainland and Island Southeast Asia. {{harvcol|Zeitoun| Bourdon| Latsachack| Pierret| Singthong| Baills| Forestier|2019|p=143}}</ref> It is attributed to hunter-gatherer societies of the region whose technological variability over time is poorly understood.<ref>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. {{harvcol|Zeitoun| Bourdon| Latsachack| Pierret| Singthong| Baills| Forestier|2019|p=151}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ji |first1=Xueping |last2=Kuman |first2=Kathleen |last3=Clarke |first3=R. J. |last4=Forestier |first4=Hubert |last5=Li |first5=Yinghua |last6=Ma |first6=Juan |last7=Qiu |first7=Kaiwei |last8=Li |first8=Hao |last9=Wu |first9=Yun |title=The oldest Hoabinhian technocomplex in Asia (43.5 ka) at Xiaodong rockshelter, Yunnan Province, southwest China |journal=Quaternary International |date=2 May 2016 |volume=400 |pages=166–174 |doi=10.1016/j.quaint.2015.09.080 |bibcode=2016QuInt.400..166J }}</ref>

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 {{circa|8000}}–4000 BCE.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bellwood|first=Peter|year=2007|title=Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago|publisher=ANU E Press|pages=161–167|isbn=978-1-921313-12-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4obAfGBGKY0C&pg=RA1-PA373}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1007/978-1-4757-5133-8 |title=Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology |date=2000 |last1=Kipfer |first1=Barbara Ann |isbn=978-1-4419-3322-5 |chapter=Bacsonian |page=50 }}</ref>