Salts Cave Archeological Site

	Salts Cave Archeological Site
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Munfordville, Kentucky
Area	10 acres (4.0 ha)
NRHP reference No.	79000278
Added to NRHP	May 15, 1979

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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

^ ^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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[nris-1] "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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