Stone shed on the north side of the Thao Baros stable

Terrain

General condition

The stone shed on the north side of the Thao Baros stable is an ancient site in the group of Wat Pho Ta - Son-in-law. which is a group of ancient sites in the plains area of ​​the northern ridge of Phu Phra Bat The area surrounding the ancient site is a forest.

The condition of the source is a stone shed on a wide stone courtyard, a stone shed 6 meters wide, 6.5 meters long, 1.5 meters high from the ground, is stacked on a rock core. The stone shed is inclined and extends to the northwest (Pitachai Chatuchai 2010 :47), approximately 20 meters from the Thao Baros stable to the north (Sumit Pitipat 1977 :14).

Phu Phra Bat is a small sandstone mountain. A child in the Phu Phan mountain range or Phu Phan Kham. The average height above sea level is about 320-350 meters. The west of the mountain is steep. and cant descend to the east.

Phu Phan or Phu Phan Kham is a sandstone mountain range that lies in the north-south direction. in the west of Udon Thani Province and Sakon Nakhon Basin

The general condition of Phu Phra Bat is sparse forest. There are natural vegetation types such as hardwood trees, maka wood, red wood, Ching Chang wood, Pradu wood, and deciduous dipterocarp trees. On Phu Phra Bat, there are many open stone terraces, rocks and sandstone sheds scattered around. caused by the action of water and wind on the sandstone.

Because there are quite a lot of hardwood covered. Together with many other natural plants, Phu Phra Bat is classified in the National Reserved Forest Area, “Pah Khuean Nam”, and is the source of many streams such as Huai Hin Lat, Huai Dan Yai, Huai Hin Rong, Huai Nang Usa and Huai Khok Khat. which flows into the east, confluence with the Mekong River at Tha Bo District Nong Khai Province

The plains surrounding the mountains are mainly cultivated for rice and cassava. The eastern valley of Phu Phra Bat is the largest valley characterized by undulating plains. Most of the area is cultivated for rice and cassava. This valley is commonly known as Lup Phan.

Height above mean sea level

Waterway

Huai Hin Lat, Huai Dan Yai, Huai Hin Rong, Huai Nang Usa, Huai Khok Khad, Huai Mong, Mekong River

Geological conditions

Phu Phra Bat is a sandstone hill. in the Phu Phan Noi mountain range at the edge of the western plateau of Udon Thani Sandstone is white, orange, pebbled, grit consists of quartz, chert, red talc. some igneous rocks with a trace There are shale and gravel interspersed. It is in the Phu Phan rock unit, Korat series, in the lower - mid-Cretaceous period, or about 90-140 million years ago. The sandstone in the area has outstanding geological features. Because there are different properties in each floor. and has undergone geological erosion by water and wind. Makes the appearance of the landscape that is strange in many areas, such as Hor Nang Usa, Tham Chang, Father Ta's coffin, Thao Baros coffin, Nang Usa coffin, Pho Ta temple, Phra Ku Nang Usa cave, Nang Usa pond. Quail Stone Shed as well as the geological, physical and geological features found in the sandstone. which is a clear stratum or sedimentary rock For example, showing interleaving layers with gravel layers. An oblique-level display showing a change in water flow direction. (Department of Mineral Resources 2009 :38-39)

various shapes formed from sandstone and gravel sand have different texture The highly durable rock layers protrude into rock sheds. or a layer of rock overlaid on top The less durable rock layers will erode. or being eroded or is a concave part under the hard rock Become a rock shed or a rocky cliff such as Hor Nang Usa, etc.

Archaeological Era

era/culture

Archaeological age

Types of archaeological sites

archaeological essence

The condition of the ancient stone shed on the north side of the Thao Baros stable looks like a stone shed on a wide stone courtyard. The stone shack is 6 meters wide, 6.5 meters long, 1.5 meters high from the ground, overlapping on the rock core. The stone shed is inclined and extends to the northwest (Pitachai Chatuchai 2010 :47), approximately 20 meters from the Thao Baros stable to the north (Sumit Pitipat 1977 :14).

The archaeological evidence found includes:

Color painting There appears a color painting pattern that appears in the middle of the stone shed wall in the north (Archaeology Division 2532 Kor; 163) written in red lines. There are 3 parallel lines and a long line connecting the parallel lines. But nowadays the color is so faded that it is difficult to notice (Phayao Khemnak and Monchan Namthip 1990 :24)

Ancient site There are traces of extraction to decorate the rock core that supports the rock shed to make it look like a base, with dimensions 0.35 meters wide, 2.8 meters long, 0.75 meters high wall and 0.35 meters high from the floor (Pitachai Chatuchai 2010 :47; Archeology Division 1989a; 163)

Pitakchai Chatuchai (2010 :47) assumed that from the discovery of prehistoric paintings It may be assumed that the area was used as a temporary shelter while searching for food, or it could be used as an ambush. which the color painting represents the territory or the reservation of the family or group of people for hunting forest hunting In later periods, it was converted to a Buddha image base (Sataphon Kwanyuen and others 1985:37) or Buddhist idols. The period of such modification is likely to occur with the nearby Thao Baros stable stone shed, namely in the Dvaravati period.