Multi-millennial occupation in northwestern Laos Preliminary results of excavations at the Ngeubhinh Mouxeu rock-shelter》.pdfVIP

C. R. Palevol 11 (2012) 305–313 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Comptes Rendus Palevol w w w . s ci e n c edi rect. com Human palaeontology and prehistory Multi-millennial occupation in northwestern Laos: Preliminary results of excavations at the Ngeubhinh Mouxeu rock-shelter Occupation multimillénaire dans le Nord-Ouest du Laos : résultats préliminaires de la fouille de l’abri-sous-roche Ngeubhinh Mouxeu Valéry Zeitoun a,∗ , Hubert Forestier b , Alain Pierret c , Chantalpilith Chiemsisouraj d , Mien Lorvankham d , Amthilor Latthagnot d , Tammalay Chanthamoungkhoun d , Sèngphet Norkhamsomphou e a UMR 9993, musée Guimet CNRS, 19, avenue d’Ièna, 75116 Paris, France b UMR 208, IRD-Mnhn, 32, rue Varagnat, 93143 Bondy, France c IRD, UMR 211 Bioemco, 32, rue Varagnat, 93143 Bondy, France d Institut d’histoire de l’Académie Lao des Sciences Sociales, Muong Chanthaboury, Ban Sibounheuang, unité 30, batiment 407, BP 7195, Vientiane, Laos DPR e Ministère de l’Information, de la Culture et du Tourisme, division des fouilles archéologiques, département du Patrimoine, rue Setthathirath, Vientiane, Laos DPR a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: With over half a century of political instability, resulting from armed conflicts, decolonisa- Received 16 August 2011 tion and the Cold War, archaeological investigations in Laos have been rare, leaving little Accepted after revision 30 November 2011 more than a blank page in the chapter of Southeast Asia’s prehistory. Recent research has Available online 10 February 2012 shown that Laos holds a rich pr