Tham Lod Rockshelter

Tham Lod Rockshelter is a 30 metre deep cave near the Nam Lang stream in northern Thailand [1]. Archaeological remains of hearths, a workshop for the production of stone tools, and a set of burials have been found [1]. Ben Marwick's study of Tham Lod found at least 1722 stone artifacts [1]. The number of finds indicates that the site served as a tool workshop [1]. Materials used to make tools at the site included sandstone, quartzite, mudstone, andesite, siltstone, and slate; these tools included chopper-chopping tools, scrapers, sumatraliths, short-axes, disks, and flakes [1]. The Tham Lod rockshelter contained four human burials [1]. Two bodies were buried one above the other [1]. The upper skeleton, of indeterminate sex, was found in an extended position 46 cm below ground and dated to 12,100 +/- 60 years BP [1].