Salts Cave Archeological Site
Salts Cave Archeological Site | |
| Nearest city | Munfordville, Kentucky |
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| Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 79000278[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 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
[edit]- ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ 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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- Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
- National Register of Historic Places in Hart County, Kentucky
- National Register of Historic Places in Edmonson County, Kentucky
- National Register of Historic Places in Mammoth Cave National Park
- Caves of Kentucky
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