“It was just sitting there on the surface next to the cave’s wall, but it’s so dark there that it’s no wonder we didn’t see it before.” The carved boulder dates to the Early Upper ...
Mantle was one of the first to recognize the cultural significance of the cave and the other rock shelters in the Castle Park Region, and the need for their preservation and interpretation. In 1939 ...
2005: Reanalysis of the Basketry from Mantle's Cave, Yampa Canyon, Colorado ... University of Colorado Press, Boulder. 2006: Caches in Northeastern Utah/Northwestern Colorado. Unpublished paper ...
An explorer of the Mammoth Cave system in Kentucky who died 100 years ago is credited with the creation of the national park.