Spirit Cave, Thailand

Spirit Cave is an archaeological site in Pang Mapha district, Mae Hong Son Province, northwestern Thailand [1]. It was occupied for four brief periods between 12,000 to 7,000 uncalibrated radiocarbon years ago by prehistoric humans of the Hoabinhian culture [1]. The site was once presented as evidence for the early development of agriculture, but this is now deprecated [1]. The site is situated at an elevation of 650 m above sea level on a hillside overlooking a small stream [1]. It was excavated in the mid-1960s by Chester Gorman [1]. Human presence at the site is documented from the Upper Paleolithic to the early Neolithic, but the primary occupation layers represent Hoabinhian hunter-gatherers [1].