Terrain
General Condition
Hin Tang, currently in the middle of the rice field surrounded by large rice fields Currently, the aforementioned fields are about 1.5 meters higher than the rice fields.
The condition of the area is generally flat. caused by the deposition of convective sediments There is a natural stream that is a tributary of Lam Kan Chu flowing through the south. It is about 290 meters from Hin Tang. In addition, Hin Tang is about 20 kilometers southwest of Lahan Lake and away from the Chi River. to the south-west about 27.5 kilometers.
Height above mean sea level
214 metersWaterway
Kanchu Lam, Chi River
Geological conditions
The geomorphology is salt rock in the Maha Sarakham rock category. (Mahasarakham Formation – KTms) Cretaceous period
Archaeological Era
historical eraArchaeological age
before the 19th Buddhist centuryTypes of archaeological sites
Habitat, Religious Sitearchaeological essence
The nature of the rock is set as a rock or sandstone block at the bottom part embedded in the ground in the Khanna. Only the top or top is protruding from the soil surface about 30 centimeters. The cross-section is square, size 50x50 cm. It may be a whole natural stone or it may be roughly carved. The surface of the stone has general erosion and soot from surrounding weed burning.
From the survey, white Chinese wares with blue paint under the glaze were also found and fragments of clay pottery, clay-orange-black clay mixed with sand gravel scattered on the soil surface of the kannan around the rock stand.
The ancient people's stoning has a purpose related to belief. They may be placed in burial grounds or where death ceremonies are performed. Or embroidered in the area used for rituals or sacred areas. Or embroidered in the area of religious places It is assumed to be before the 19th Buddhist century.