Khao Phothon

Terrain

General Condition

Khao Phothon is a huge limestone mountain. The general condition is a forest area. Surrounded by mountains with agricultural land of villagers, the archaeological site is 350 meters south of the Khe Hat Canal and 2.7 west of the Trang River. kilometers

Inside he has a cave that the villagers know as low cave and high cave Each cave has beautiful stalagmites and stalactites, with the lower cave being a limestone cave. The size of the cave is about 40 meters wide, about 50 meters deep. There are traces of excavation for bat scum at a depth of about 1 meter (Phanuwat Euasamarn et al. 2018:141)

Height above mean sea level

Waterway

Trang River, Khee Sat Canal

Geological conditions

Limestone Mountain Ratchaburi Stone Group Permian period, about 245-286 years ago (Department of Mineral Resources 2007)

Archaeological Era

era/culture

Archaeological age

Types of archaeological sites

archaeological essence

Khao Phothon is a huge limestone mountain. It is a prehistoric archeological site, originally called “Khao Samphao Hin” because the structure of an ancient junk boat was once found at a pond next to the hill. low cave and high cave Each cave has beautiful stalagmites and stalactites, with the lower cave being a limestone cave. The size of the cave is about 40 meters wide, about 50 meters deep. There are traces of excavation for bat scum at a depth of about 1 meter (Phanuwat Euasamarn et al. 2018:141)

From past surveys, fragments of clay vessels were found in plain clay with a slashed rope pattern. and animal bone parts like a deer bone At the cave wall, mountain nautilus clumped together with dense limestone deposits, presumably the original ground level, which was approximately 1 meter lower than the present ground at the entrance of the cave. in the area of ​​Khao Phothon There used to be human use of the area around 3,000-4,000 years ago (Phanuwat Ueasamarn et al. 2018:141)