| Kapitel | Titel | Seite |
|---|---|---|
| Abstract / Zusammenfassung / Résumé | 5 | |
| 1. | Acknowledgements | 5 |
| 2. | Introduction | 6 |
| 3. | Geographical and geological settings (by Liz Price) | 6 |
| 4. | History of speleological exploration in Myanmar (by Liz Price & M. Laumanns) | 12 |
| 5. | Cave archaeology in Myanmar (by Liz Price) | 14 |
| 6. | Cave descriptions (by Michael Laumanns) | 14 |
| 6.1 | General remarks | 14 |
| 6.2 | Caves of the Kachin State | 15 |
| 6.3 | Caves of the Sagaing Division | 15 |
| 6.4 | Caves of the Chin State | 17 |
| 6.5 | Caves of the Magway Division | 17 |
| 6.6 | Caves of the Mandalay Division | 17 |
| 6.7 | Caves of the Shan State (North) | 21 |
| 6.8 | Caves of the Shan State (South) | 23 |
| 6.9 | Caves of the Shan State (East) | 49 |
| 6.10 | Caves of the Rakhine State | 50 |
| 6.11 | Caves of the Kayah State | 50 |
| 6.12 | Caves of the Bago Division (West) | 50 |
| 6.13 | Caves of the Bago Division (East) | 50 |
| 6.14 | Caves of the Ayeyarwady Division | 50 |
| 6.15 | Caves of the Yangon Division | 50 |
| 6.16 | Caves of the Mon State | 51 |
| 6.17 | Caves of the Kayin State | 58 |
| 6.18 | Caves of the Tanintharyi Division | 71 |
| 6.19 | Caves with unknown administrative assignment | 78 |
| 7. | Review of the biospeleology of Myanmar (by Helmut Steiner) | 84 |
| 8. | Conclusions | 108 |
| 9. | References | 108 |
| Annex 1 | List of Myanmar caves in alphabetical order | |
| Annex 2 | Geological Map of Myanmar (3 sheets) |
Myanmar is still one of the “blank spots” on the speleological world map. The difficult political situation in the country and the restricted access to areas along its borders to Thailand, Laos and India have made only a few speleological expeditions possible so far. However, over the years several investigative projects were carried out with their results scattered in several publications. Especially in most recent times several expeditions were held. This volume aims to give a complete overview about the stand of speleological exploration of Myanmar. The results of all previous cave projects are presented to provide a solid basis for planning future explorations. This compilation also strives to align erroneous locations, name transcription problems as well as double denominations assigned to the same caves — all of which occurred in the literature. Furthermore a biospeleological overview is presented, including the bats of Myanmar.