Prehistoric pottery and bones found in Thailand

Piece of history: An ancient pottery fragment found in the cave in Khao Ban Pak Chong. — The Nation/ANN

BANGKOK: A local official, villagers and a Fine Arts Department volunteer stumbled on human bones and ancient pottery fragments while exploring a cave in Khao Ban Pak Chong, a large limestone mountain in Krabi province.Wirasak Ariadkaew, assistant secretary of the Ao Luek district and volunteer Niwat Wattanayommanaporn inspected the cave with villagers on Friday.

The group found a lot of pottery fragments with rope pattern, grafted red or with a black polished surface, three-legged pot scraps as well as bone fragments and human molars.