Spirit Cave, Thailand

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Spirit Cave (Thai: ถ้ำผีแมน) is an archaeologic site in Pangmapha district, Mae Hong Son Province, northwest Thailand. It was occupied from about 9000 till 5500 BC by Hoabinhian hunter and gatheres.

The site is located at an elevation of 650 m above sea level on a hillside overlooking the Khong River. It was excavated in the mid 1960s by Chester Gorman.

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  • Charles Higham (2002). Early Cultures of Mainland Southeast Asia. River Books, 46-49.