Recent Cave Exploration in Kentucky for Animal and Human Remains

Author(s): Arthur M. Miller

Year: 1923

Summary

Description of several archaeological and paleontological cave sites excavated in 1922 by Arthur McQuiston Miller. All described cave sites are primarily located within Wayne County, in southern Kentucky.

Cite this Record

Recent Cave Exploration in Kentucky for Animal and Human Remains. Arthur M. Miller. Geologic Report ,1. Kentucky: Kentucky Geological Survey. 1923 ( tDAR id: 184783) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8184783

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Keywords

Material
Arrow Points • Bear • Beaver • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Elk • Fauna • Flint • Gray Fox • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Limestone • Mastodon • Megalonyx • Mica • Mineral • Mussels • Panther • Shell • Wolf

Site Name
Big Bone Lick • Breck Smith Cave • Hines Cave • Phelps Cave

Site Type
Cave • Cemetery • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Midden • Rock House • Rock Shelter

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Collections Research

General
Cave Exploration

Geographic Keywords
21999 (Fips Code) • Allen (County) • Boone (County) • Jessamine (County) • Jessamine Creek • Kentucky (State / Territory) • North America (Continent) • United States of America (Country) • Wayne (County)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -89.572; min lat: 36.497 ; max long: -81.965; max lat: 39.147 ;

Record Identifiers

NADB document id number(s): 576750

NADB citation id number(s): 000000071310

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