Tham Pi Man Pang Kham West - MH0078
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Location
This cave is located in the cliff base a few hundred metres west of the Tham Pang Kham resurgence entrance. A path leads up to the cave where the small entrance hole has easy access,
Description
Possibly a fossil resurgence associated with the Pang Kham stream, most of the cave is 20 m high and wide with an 8 m wide entrance. 10-12 coffins are found in the twilight zone, but in the dark zone, commencing at a fine gour deposit about 100 m from the entrance, the floor is littered with coffins (the longest being 5.3 m long) in a variety of styles, along with human bones, wood carving, ceramic, metal and stone artifacts. Particularly interesting feature is a 1,350 year old human skull encrusted with calcite and half-buried in the flowstone. There are several other important archaeological sites in this area.
Hydrology and Geology
Stalagmites from this cave were found to be aragonite and at least 1,700 years old.
Topographie
K. Kiernan, D. Nichterlein, J. Spies, J. Taylor - May 1986 - ASF Grade 54 DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT; BRUSH, JOHN B. (ED.) (1986) SIDISUNTHORN, PINDAR; GARDNER, SIMON; SMART, DEAN (2006)
Documents
[Topo] Tham Pi Man Pang Kham West 12/05/2019Bibliography 09/05/2020
- +DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT (1995) "The Caves of Thailand" Speleological Research Council, Sydney ISBN 0-9589253-9-9 +DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT; BRUSH, JOHN B. (ED.) (1986) "Caves of North-west Thailand: Report of the Australian Speleological Expeditions 1983-1986" Speleological Research Council, Sydney ISBN 0-9589253-2-1 62pp +Genovese, Rosalia (2014) "The Plain of Jars of North Laos: Beyond Madeleine Colani" PhD thesis, SOAS, University of London, 256pp +Kiernan, Kevin; Spies, John; Dunkley, John Robert (1988) "Prehistoric occupation and burial sites in the mountains of the Nam Khlong area, Mae Hong Son Province, Northwestern Thailand" Australian Archaeology No. 27 pp24-44 PHUTONG, PANISARA (2008) "Mineralogy and Isotopic Geochemistry of Stalagmites in Namjang Cave, Pangmapha, Maehongson Province, Thailand" MSc Thesis, Mahidol University 146pp SIDISUNTHORN, PINDAR; GARDNER, SIMON; SMART, DEAN (2006) "Caves of Northern Thailand" River Books, Thailand, ISBN 9749863135 SPIES, JOHN (2000) "Suggestions for Cave Management" in "An Exploration and Database System of Caves: Mae Hong Son Province" Vol. 6. Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University, Bangkok SPIES, JOHN (2001) "Piecing together the past" Sawasdee (Thai Airways Magazine) January 2001 pp44-50
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | Tham Pi Man Pang Kham East - MH0268 | ||
| 0.5 | Tham Pang Kham - MH0074 | 1370 | 75 |
| 1.7 | Tham Huai Kun - MH0077 | 1747 | 0 |
| 1.8 | Rock Shelter Cave - MH0081 | ||
| 1.8 | Cave MH0147 - MH0147 | 30 | 0 |
| 1.8 | Cave MH0148 - MH0148 | 15 | 0 |
| 1.8 | Tham Oon - MH0149 | 200 | 0 |
| 2.4 | Tham Bung Yam - MH0167 | 120 | 0 |
| 2.4 | Cave MH0168 - MH0168 |