Salts Cave Archeological Site

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Salts Cave Archeological Site
Nearest city Munfordville, Kentucky
Area10 acres (4.0 ha)
NRHP reference No. 79000278 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 15, 1979

Salts Cave Archeological Site, near Munfordville, Kentucky, is a cave and archeological site which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1] The cave is part of Mammoth Cave National Park. [2]

It has also been known as West's Cave and as Old Salts Cave. It was listed for its information potential. [1]

The listed area spans the borders of Hart County, Kentucky and Edmonson County, Kentucky. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ Watson, Patty Jo; Yarnell, Richard A. (October 1966). "Archaeological and Paleoethnobotanical Investigations in Salts Cave, Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky". American Antiquity. 31 (6): 842–849. doi:10.2307/2694457. JSTOR   2694457. S2CID   161912572.
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