Tham Pi Man Pha Daeng Scaffolds - MH0142

Longueur 10m Profondeur 0m
Grottocenter / carte

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. Martin Ellis - 28/05/2020

Description

Martin Ellis - 28/05/2020

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

Martin Ellis - 28/05/2020

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

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
0.1Coffin Cave MH0143 - MH014350
0.2Tham Chan Long - MH0141
0.2Tham Pi Man Long Yuk - MH0139500
0.4Spirit Cave (Chester Gorman) - MH0064700
0.4Tham Srisopon - MH01401000
0.7Tham Pha Daeng - MH0066132322
0.8Pha Daeng Outflow (Pi Man) - MH0108100
1.6Sink MH0307
3.3Sink MH0308