Salts Cave Archeological Site Explained

Salts Cave Archeological Site
Added:May 15, 1979
Area:10acres
Refnum:79000278

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. The cave is part of Mammoth Cave National Park.[1]

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

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

Notes and References

  1. Watson . Patty Jo . Yarnell . Richard A. . Archaeological and Paleoethnobotanical Investigations in Salts Cave, Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky . American Antiquity . October 1966 . 31 . 6 . 842–849 . 10.2307/2694457 . 2694457 . 161912572 .