Tham Lang Rongrian - KR0078

กระบี่น้อย (TH)
8.180369,98.880618
Length 40m Depth 2m
Grottocenter / carte

Location

This well known archaeological site is signed from the H4 just north of Krabi. Take the road leading to the Khao Phanom Bencha National Park as far as Ban Thap Phrik. Unfortunately the last large blue tourist information sign is after the left hand turning to the cave so you may find yourself at the crossroads in Ban Na Chiang. A much smaller sign directs you down the correct left hand turning along a surfaced road beside the school. After about 100m you reach a limestone tower and the cave is at the base of the cliff. The road ends just past the tower in a rubber plantation. Martin Ellis - 17/10/2019

Description

Martin Ellis - 17/10/2019

There are a couple of short, dry caves leading off from the back of the undercut for about 30m. There is also a large seasonal stream sink to the north of the archaeological caves.

Topographie

Martin Ellis - 17/10/2019

ANDERSON, DOUGLAS D. (1987) - archaeological survey

Documents

Bibliography 17/10/2019
  • +ANDERSON, DOUGLAS D. (1987) "A Pleistocene-Early Holocene Rock Shelter in Peninsular Thailand" National Geographic Research Vol. 3 No. 2 pp184-198 +ANDERSON, DOUGLAS D. (1997) "Cave Archaeology In Southeast Asia" Geoarchaeology Vol. 12 No. 6 pp607-638 +ANDERSON, DOUGLAS D. (2005) "The Use of Caves in Peninsular Thailand in the Late Pleistocene and Middle Holocene" Asian Perspectives Vol. 44 No. 1 pp137-153 +ANON. (n.d.) "Lang Rongrian (Rong Rien) Cave in Krabi, Thailand" www.thaipulse.com/krabi/activities/thailand-caves-… +Chaimanee, Yaowalak (2013) "Vertebrate Records. Late Pleistocene of Southeast Asia" in Elias, Scott A.; Mock, Cary (eds.) "Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science", Second Edition, ISBN 9780444536433 pp693-699 +CHAIMONGKHON, SUWIT (1990a) "Siliapa Tham Phaya Nak, Krabi" Krom Silpakorn, Bangkok ISBN 974-417-125-1 88pp +CHITKAMENT, THANON (2007) "Lithic Analysis of Moh Khiew Rockshelter (Locality I) in Krabi River Valley, Krabi Province, Southwestern Thailand" Thesis for Erasmus Mundus Master, Universitat Rovira i Virgili 171pp +Conrad, Cyler (2015) "Archaeozoology in Mainland Southeast Asia: Changing Methodology and Pleistocene to Holocene Forager Subsistence Patterns in Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia" Open Quaternary Vol. 1 Article 7, 23pp +Conrad, Cyler; Higham, Charles; Eda, Masaki; Marwick, Ben (2016) "Palaeoecology and forager subsistence strategies during the Pleistocene û Holocene Transition: A reinvestigation of the zooarchaeological assemblage from Spirit Cave, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand" Asian Perspectives Vol 55 No. 1 pp2-27 +DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT (1995) "The Caves of Thailand" Speleological Research Council, Sydney ISBN 0-9589253-9-9 +Ellis, Martin; Laumanns, Michael (2017) "Thailand" in Laumanns, Michael; Price, Liz (eds.) (2017) "Atlas of the Great Caves and Karst of Southeast Asia: Part 2 Myanmar - Vietnam" second edition, Berliner Hohlenkundliche Berichte Band 67 pp241-292 +GLOVER, IAN; PRICE, LIZ (2004) "Asia, Southeast: Archaeological Caves" in GUNN, JOHN (ED.) "Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science" Fitzroy Dearborn, London ISBN 1-57958-399-7 pp107-109 +Lekenvall, Henrik (2012) "Late Stone Age communities in the Thai-Malay Peninsular" Journal of Indo-Pacific Archaeology Vol. 32 pp78-86 +Martin, Steven Andrew (2016) "Introduction to karst topography with emphasis on Thailand and the Andaman coast" lecture notes, Education Abroad Asia 85pp +MARWICK, BEN (2009) "Biogeography of Middle Pleistocene Hominins in Mainland Southeast Asia: A Review of Current Evidence" Quaternery International Vol. 202 Issues 1-2 pp51-58 +Marwick, Ben (2018) "The Hoabinhian of Southeast Asia and its relationship to regional Pleistocene lithic technologies" in Robinson, Erick; Sellet, Frederic (Eds.) "Lithic Technological Organization and Paleoenvironmental Change Global and Diachronic Perspectives". Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation, Vol. 9, Springer International Publishing, pp63-78, ISBN 978-3-319-64405-9, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-64407-3 +Marwick, Ban; Vlack, Hannah G. van; Conrad, Cyler; Shoocongdej, Rasmi; Thongcharoenchaikit, Cholawit; Kwak, Seungki (2017) "Adaptations to sea level change and transitions to agriculture at Khao Toh Chong rockshelter, Peninsular Thailand" Journal of Archaeological Science Vol. 77 DOI 10.1016/j.jas.2016.10.010 pp94-108 +MCKERRON, MORAG (1990) "The Magic of Krabi" Asia Books, Bangkok 126pp +MUDAR, KAREN; ANDERSON, DOUGLAS D. (2007) "New Evidence for Southeast Asian Pleistocene Foraging Economies: Faunal Remains from the Early Levels of Lang Rongrien Rockshelter, Krabi, Thailand" Asian Perspectives Vol. 46 No. 2 pp298-334 +Pumijumnong, Nathsuda; Wannasri, Sineenart (2015) "Teak log coffins in Northwest Thailand: Dated by dendrochronology and 14Cwiggle matching" Applied Environmental Research Vol. 37 No. 2 pp1-16 +REYNOLDS, TIMOTHY E.G. (1990) "Problems in the Stone Age of Thailand" Journal of the Siam Society Vol. 78 No. 1 pp109-114 +SMART, DEAN (2003) "Sub-sea Level Speleothems From The Andaman Coast of Southern Thailand and Sea Level Change in Southeast Asia" Cave & Karst Science Vol. 30 No. 1 pp39-42 +SPONSEL, LESLIE E.; NATADECHA-SPONSEL, PORANEE (2003) "The Monk-Cave-Bat-Ecosystem Complex in Thailand" in CHAPPEL, DAVID W. (ED.) "Socially Engaged Spirituality: Essays in Honor of Sulak Sivaraksa on his 70th Birthday" Saithirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation, Bangkok, pp255-270. Reprinted in GOTTLIEB, ROGER S. (2004) "This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, Environment" Routledge, New York, pp134-144 www.anthropology.hawaii.edu/projects/thailand/cave… [accessed September 2005] +Svasti, Pichaya (2015) "Krabi's hidden wonder" Bangkok Post 7 April 2015 +Tan, Noel Hidalgo (2016) "Elephants in Southeast Asian Rock Art: An Overview" in "Asian Elephants in Culture and Nature" (eds) Manatunga, Anura; Chamara, K.A.T.; Wickramaarachchi, Thilina; de Zoysa, Harini Navoda, Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. ISBN 978-955-4563-84-1, pp367-374

History

Several archaeological digs have been conducted by Dr Douglas D. Anderson and his team. They found burial sites with human skeletons, pottery, born and horn artifacts as well as shells and plant seeds. These were dated to the Pleistocene some 37,000 û 40,000 years BP. This is the oldest known archaeological site in southern Thailand. 2007-12-09 (M. Ellis, Y. Sopha) Martin Ellis - 17/10/2019

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.4Tham Bua Thong - KR0156
0.7Tham Hom - KR0146
0.7Tham Hom - KR0229
1.3Cave KR0303400
1.4Tham Thep Pratan [KR0243]21415
1.5Khao Nimit (Tham) [KR0245]
1.8Khao Toh Chong Rock Shelter [KR0310]100
1.8Tham Saeng Phet - KR0158200
2.0Tham Na Sang Mian [KR0265]