Editing Hoabinhian (section)

==Geographical distribution==
Since the term was first used to describe assemblages from sites in Vietnam, many sites throughout mainland and island [[Southeast Asia]] have been described as having Hoabinhian components. The apparent concentration of more than 120 Hoabinhian sites in Vietnam reflects intensive research activities in this area rather the location of a centre of the prehistoric Hoabinhian activity.

The oldest Hoabinhian complex was discovered at Xiaodong, a large rockshelter in [[Yunnan]], China, {{convert|40|km}} from the Burmese border. It is the only Hoabinhian site discovered in China.<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=May 2016 |volume=400 |pages=166–174 |doi=10.1016/j.quaint.2015.09.080 |bibcode=2016QuInt.400..166J }}</ref>

Archaeological sites in [[Terengganu]], [[Sumatra]], Thailand, [[Laos]], [[Myanmar]] and [[Cambodia]] have been identified as Hoabinhian, although the quality and quantity of descriptions vary and the relative significance of the Hoabinhian component at these sites can be difficult to determine.

Recent archaeological research indicates that variation in Hoabinhian artifacts across regions are largely influenced by local, region-specific proximity to resources and changes in environmental conditions.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Marwick |first1=Ben |title=Multiple Optima in Hoabinhian flaked stone artefact palaeoeconomics and palaeoecology at two archaeological sites in Northwest Thailand |journal=Journal of Anthropological Archaeology |date=December 2013 |volume=32 |issue=4 |pages=553–564 |doi=10.1016/j.jaa.2013.08.004 |doi-access=free |url=https://ro.uow.edu.au/articles/journal_contribution/Multiple_Optima_in_Hoabinhian_flaked_stone_artefact_palaeoeconomics_and_palaeoecology_at_two_archaeological_sites_in_Northwest_Thailand/27744585/1/files/50503440.pdf }}</ref>

Beyond this core area, some archaeologists argue that there are isolated inventories of stone artifacts displaying Hoabinhian elements in [[Nepal]], South [[China]], [[Taiwan]] and [[Australia]]  (Moser 2001).