Oct 22, 2019
The main river passage in Tham Lod, Mae Hong Son, Thailand
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The main river passage in Tham Lod, Mae Hong Son, Thailand
Face of Stone Age woman from Thailand's northern highlands revealed
Archaeologists have put a face to the oldest human remains excavated from Thailand's northern highlands.
The remains of the woman, who lived about 13,600 years ago, were found in the Late Pleistocene Tham Lod rock shelter in north-west Thailand. The woman was between 25 and 35 years old and between 1.48 and 1.56 metres tall.
The age of her remains and the location they were found in suggest that she descended from the first humans to colonise South-East Asia. The findings are reported in the journal Antiquity.
The first approximation of the woman's face has now been created, using a global dataset of measurements of skulls, muscles, skin and other soft facial tissue from a large sample of the population across the world. Read more.
Tham Lod Cave in Northern Thailand.Trip Report: https://motogirlthailand.com/ban-jabo-hilltribe-territory/InfoLocation: https://goo.gl/maps/jYZkWMgA2gDtrLZu7...
ham Lod Cave in Northern Thailand. Trip Report: https://motogirlthailand.com/ban-jabo-hilltribe-territory/
Info Location: https://goo.gl/maps/jYZkWMgA2gDtrLZu7 Opening hours: 9 am – 6 pm Price: 450 Baht for the guide and all three caves and river raft (shorter options are available for less cost) This price is for up to 3 people. No discount if going alone. *NOTE* It is still expected to give a tip to the raftsman and guide, so budget in a tip as well.
About Tham Lod Cave is a huge natural limestone cave system featuring a myriad of geological formations and columns which reach over 20 meters high. The length of the cave spans 1600 meters and contains a large number of Swifts and bats. An additional main attraction is the 300-metre freshwater stream which runs through the middle of the cave, which visitors can experience via a bamboo raft.
Stone Age drawings and coffins contained within the cave were discovered in the 1960s by American anthropologist and archaeologist, Chester Gorman, who surmised that the cave had been occupied by the Hoabinhian hunting tribe during the pre-historic era, between 9000 BC and 5500 BC. The Hoabinhians were a community of hunter-gatherers, who used primitive tools such as short axes and hammers made from bone. Their diet consisted of leguminous plants and a number of other fruits and vegetables, such as betel, and almonds.
Additional info Allow at least one hour if you book a guide for all three caves. There are also a lot of steep wooden steps and uneven ground in the cave, so a fairly decent level of fitness is required. As an aside, my guide was 82 years old and fit as a fiddle!
*Top Tip* If you wait until 5-6 pm you will see Swifts and bats fly out of the cave.
Beautiful adventure captured beautifully!
Light painting on a rim pool in Tham Lod, Pang Mapha, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. This is a single 7 minute exposure. Photo by John Spies.