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SOME OHIO CAVES AND ROCK SHELTERS BEARING

EVIDENCES OF HUMAN OCCUPANCY

 

 

BY H. C. SHETRONE,

Curator of Archaeology

 

 

CANTER'S CAVES -- KETTLE HILL CAVE

Caves, caverns and rock-shelters are fruitful sources

of archaeological evidence, particularly as regards the

early phases of human development. Primitive humans

the world over very naturally repaired to these ready-

made retreats in time of stress, whether from inclement

weather, danger from wild beasts or threats from their

own kind. Thus every cave is a potential prehistoric

habitation.

Augmentation of the floors of caves through deposi-

tion of wind-blown and water-carried debris and soil

and through decomposition of the rock in which they

occur, provides an ideal repository for the material evi-

This report, dealing with the so-called Canter's Caves and Kettle

Hill Cave, admittedly is incomplete and is submitted as a preliminary paper,

to be supplemented later by fuller information. It is the sentiment of the

Society that where exhaustive exploration cannot be anticipated immediately,

the results of partial examination should not be withheld from the public

and the student. No attempt is made to include herein studies of the

skeletal material and textiles found in the shelters.

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