Tham Pi Man Pha Daeng Scaffolds - MH0142
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Location
The cave is located 50 m north and 20 m above the Tham Pha Daeng (MH0066) sink entrance. A path leads from the west (sink) entrance of Tham Pha Daeng up a steep scree slope to the cave which has an entrance at the cliff base.
Description
Two small entrances open into the same dry cavern approximately 15 m high and 10 m deep with lower and upper entrances. The cave has a section of flat dirt floor with a few artifacts (stone tools, pottery, human bones) visible. The chamber has an impressive array of well-preserved coffins stacked up to the roof on a remarkable set of supports. There are nine coffin pieces with six different styles of head carving, including a unique style not found in any other cave. One coffin has been C-14 dated as 2,000 years old.
Topographie
SHOOCONDEJ, RASMI (2000)
Documents
Bibliography 28/05/2020- +DILOKVANIT (2000) - STD 13 +DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT (1995) "The Caves of Thailand" Speleological Research Council, Sydney ISBN 0-9589253-9-9 +SEFTON, MARK (1998) "Tham Pha Daeng (MH 66) - North-west Thailand" Cave Exploration Group of South Australia News Vol.43 No.1 pp5-7 +SHOOCONDEJ, RASMI (2000) - site 2 +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
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | Coffin Cave MH0143 - MH0143 | 5 | 0 |
| 0.2 | Tham Chan Long - MH0141 | ||
| 0.2 | Tham Pi Man Long Yuk - MH0139 | 50 | 0 |
| 0.4 | Spirit Cave (Chester Gorman) - MH0064 | 70 | 0 |
| 0.4 | Tham Srisopon - MH0140 | 100 | 0 |
| 0.7 | Tham Pha Daeng - MH0066 | 1323 | 22 |
| 0.8 | Pha Daeng Outflow (Pi Man) - MH0108 | 10 | 0 |
| 1.6 | Sink MH0307 | ||
| 3.3 | Sink MH0308 |