Kaemper's Discoveries in the Mammoth Cave
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The Prehistoric Archeology of Mammoth Cave
The prehistory of the Mammoth Cave area has been of interest to archeologists for more than a century because of the remarkable preservation in the dry cave environment. Beginning with the antiquarian search for mummified bodies in the early nineteenth century up to the most modern scientific research, Mammoth Cave has revealed important information about the Native Americans who lived near and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scientific American
سال: 1909
ISSN: 0036-8733
DOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican05221909-388