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Early Modern Humans and Morphological Variation in Southeast Asia: Fossil Evidence from Tam Pa Ling, Laos

Fig 1

Site of Tam Pa Ling, Laos.

TPL is located on the upper plateau of the Pa Hang Mountain with the Tam Hang rock shelter at the mountain’s base. The 4.5 m stratigraphic section shows the accumulation of sandy and silty clay layers punctuated by seven powdery, calcitic precipitates from the TPL trench. Provenance of the charcoals sampled for ¹⁴C dating and soil sampled for OSL and TL dating is identified on the stratigraphy. TPL1 was recovered at a depth of 2.35 m; TPL2 was found at a depth of 2.65 m. Inset: Location of TPL in Huà Pan Province, Laos.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121193.g001