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Banyan Valley Cave

Banyan Valley Cave is an archaeological site in Pang Mapha district, Mae Hong Son Province, northwestern Thailand. It was sporadically occupied from around 4000 BC until ca. 1000 AD by the Neolithic Hoabinhian culture and subsequent metal culture. It was discovered and excavated by Chester Gorman in 1972, following his excavations of the nearby Spirit Cave.

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