Viengkeo Souksavatdy

TL;DR: Neither interpretation fits the complexity of Southeast Asian history: Both Hòabìnhian hunter-gatherers and East Asian farmers contributed to current Southeast Asian diversity, with further migrations affecting island SEA and Vietnam.

TL;DR: The results of the Southeast Asian Lead Isotope Project's 2009-2012 research campaign as mentioned in this paper were used to empirically reconstruct regional metal exchange networks and their attendant social interactions c. 1000 BC-c. 500 AD.

TL;DR: The Southeast Asian Lead Isotope Project (SEALIP) as discussed by the authors provides reliable geochemical proxies for late prehistoric through early historic (2nd/1st millennium BCE and 1st millennium CE) local, regional, and inter-regional social interactions in an archaeological arena lacking established ceramic typologies with which to cross modern national boundaries.

TL;DR: While further work is needed to explore preservation for settings with different taphonomic conditions, the diet-related δ66Zn values in fossil enamel from THM cave suggest an excellent long-term preservation potential, even under tropical conditions that are well known to be adverse for collagen preservation.

TL;DR: In early 2009, the remains of wooden structures supporting ancient mining shafts were discovered during modern-day industrial copper mining in Savannakhet Province, Laos as discussed by the authors, and a long-term conservation process was begun in order to preserve the rare wooden finds.