Introduction
Khok Phanom Di is a deeply stratified prehistoric mound located on the eastern margin of the Bangkok Plain in Thailand. Excavations in 1984–1985 in an area of 100 m2 revealed a stratigraphic sequence 7 m-deep. The cultural buildup incorporated shell middens, occupation and industrial remains, and human inhumation graves. The radiocarbon determinations indicated that the site was occupied between approximately 2000 and 1500 cal. BCE (Fig. 1).
The calibrated radiocarbon determinations and spans based on charcoal from Khok Phanom Di, following the application of an outlier model which specifies charcoal and gives an exponential tail to the data, saying effectively that it is more likely to be older than younger
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Higham, C.F.W. & R. Thosarat. (ed.) 1998. The excavation of Nong Norn a prehistoric site in Central Thailand (Otago University Studies in Prehistoric Anthropology 18). Otago: University of Otago, Department of Anthropology.
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Higham, C.F.W. (2014). Khok Phanom Di, Archaeology of. In: Smith, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_983
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