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Given the later destruction, only a preliminary analysis of the test excavation is available to provide information on the site. Perhaps most important, is the site's status as one of the stone jar burial sites from iron age Laos, the most famous of which is the [[Plain of Jars]]. The single datable piece of material that has thus far been recorded was from the lowermost portion of the excavation and gave a date of ''c.'' 13,000, which could indicate an earlier site not recorded. The site also included a Buddhist painting on the cave walls that villagers believed was from the 1950s.<ref name=":0" /> |
Given the later destruction, only a preliminary analysis of the test excavation is available to provide information on the site. Perhaps most important, is the site's status as one of the stone jar burial sites from iron age Laos, the most famous of which is the [[Plain of Jars]]. The single datable piece of material that has thus far been recorded was from the lowermost portion of the excavation and gave a date of ''c.'' 13,000, which could indicate an earlier site not recorded. The site also included a Buddhist painting on the cave walls that villagers believed was from the 1950s.<ref name=":0" /> |
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* [[Tam Pa Ling Cave]] |
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Tham An Mah is an archaeological cave site located in the Luang Prabang province of Laos. The site was initially excavated in 2010 by a joint team of the Middle Mekong Archaeological Project and the Department of Heritage of Laos. The site was almost entirely destroyed by looters. Though initial reports suggested the damaged was not critical, when the archaeologists returned in 2013, they characterized the site as almost entirely destroyed. Villagers indicated the looters were after the fine sediment found on the site that could be resold as gardening soil elsewhere.[1]
Given the later destruction, only a preliminary analysis of the test excavation is available to provide information on the site. Perhaps most important, is the site's status as one of the stone jar burial sites from iron age Laos, the most famous of which is the Plain of Jars. The single datable piece of material that has thus far been recorded was from the lowermost portion of the excavation and gave a date of c. 13,000, which could indicate an earlier site not recorded. The site also included a Buddhist painting on the cave walls that villagers believed was from the 1950s.[1]
