Salts Cave Archeological Site

Salts Cave Archeological Site
Nearest cityMunfordville, 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. ^ a b c d "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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