POTTERY RIFT, Umkaram (aa -)
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Description
An approximately 1 m wide hole leads to an estimated 4 m deep rift cave in a bedded and apparently -sandy- limestone. ETYMOLOGY: No autochthonous, indigenous or locally known name has been identified for what has been instantly christened -Pottery Rift- disguised as -Kroh Khiew Khyndew- (note 1) or -Kroh Khra- (note 2). Lizzie [Elizabeth] Elvidge (2000.02.22 Mss), however, arrived at an interesting Krem Kheawkhra (Cave of Crevisses Pottery) and BOYES, P W (2000 s.a.: 11) created the even more interesting Krem Kheawkhraa. SITUATION: Both Lizzie [Elizabeth] Elvidge (2000.02.22 Mss) and BOYES, P W (2000 s.a.: 11) understood that the entrance to this cave lies somewhere (note 3) and in a unspecified spatial relation near (sic!) to an unidentified village of Mawriang (without GPS position) which, by the way, translates as -Stones in a Row- (aligned rocks) -- as if indicating a row of standing stones (menhirs). CULTURAL HISTORY: Unspecified pottery found in … Krem Kheawkhraa (Pottery Cave) BOYES, P W 2000 s.a.: 11) interpreted Lizzie [Elizabeth] Elvidge straightforward as indicating a possibly a burial site (2000.02.22 Mss: Krem Kheawkhra / Pottery Cave).An approximately 1 m wide hole leads to an estimated 4 m deep rift cave in a bedded and apparently -sandy- limestone. ETYMOLOGY: No autochthonous, indigenous or locally known name has been identified for what has been instantly christened -Pottery Rift- disguised as -Kroh Khiew Khyndew- (note 1) or -Kroh Khra- (note 2). Lizzie [Elizabeth] Elvidge (2000.02.22 Mss), however, arrived at an interesting Krem Kheawkhra (Cave of Crevisses Pottery) and BOYES, P W (2000 s.a.: 11) created the even more interesting Krem Kheawkhraa. SITUATION: Both Lizzie [Elizabeth] Elvidge (2000.02.22 Mss) and BOYES, P W (2000 s.a.: 11) understood that the entrance to this cave lies somewhere (note 3) and in a unspecified spatial relation near (sic!) to an unidentified village of Mawriang (without GPS position) which, by the way, translates as -Stones in a Row- (aligned rocks) -- as if indicating a row of standing stones (menhirs). CULTURAL HISTORY: Unspecified pottery found in … Krem Kheawkhraa (Pottery Cave) BOYES, P W 2000 s.a.: 11) interpreted Lizzie [Elizabeth] Elvidge straightforward as indicating a possibly a burial site (2000.02.22 Mss: Krem Kheawkhra / Pottery Cave).
Cavités proche
Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
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2.5 | DAUKI RIFT CAVE 1 (aa -) | ||
2.5 | DAUKI RIFT CAVE 2 (aa -) | ||
3.0 | AMKOI, Nongbareh | ||
4.1 | UMKARAM (Cave near) | ||
4.4 | SHMIA KELANG (Krem) | ||
5.2 | KUDENG RIM (Cave near) | ||
5.7 | LYMBIT (Smart et al. 2012) (Krem) | ||
6.4 | SHYMBRONG (Krem) | ||
6.5 | WAH DIENGPIAN (Krem) |