Largest Indigenous American Cave Art Ever Discovered in U.S.
May 9, 2022 19:30:43 GMT -5
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Post by rockpickerforever on May 9, 2022 19:30:43 GMT -5
An Alabama cave has been found to contain wonderful cave art created by Native Americans.
outsider.com/outdoors/largest-indigenous-american-cave-art-ever-discovered-in-u-s-found-in-alabama/ From Outsider.com
The location of the cave is being kept secret, for obvious reasons. But it is in Northern Alabama in the Tennessee River Valley.
Look for the full study in this month’s Antiquity journal. There you will also find more general info on the cave's location, age of strata where found. The cave is referred to as "19th Unnamed Cave, Alabama."
For a person that knows this area/geology/landscape/terrain, there are details provided that perhaps could be used to narrow down the areas the cave is located in. "In the Carboniferous Monteagle Limestone formation found at the base of the Mississippian series in Tennessee and Alabama."
"The cavern comprises more than 5km of underground passageways. The entrance faces east at 219m amsl, and is approximately 10m high and 15m wide (Cressler et al. Reference Cressler1999). An intermittent stream flows out of the cave, and the vestibule has been washed clean of sediments by fluvial action emanating from inside the karst. As a result, no intact archaeological materials survive in the cave's entrance. From the vestibule, a main passage climbs to a 25 × 20m open chamber (the ‘glyph chamber’) that is bounded by flowstone formations. The mud glyphs are inscribed on the ceiling of this room, which is low—often only 0.60m from the floor—and with very few places where the space between floor and ceiling is more than 1.25m (Figure 2). A person must therefore crouch or crawl to move through this area. Sediment deposits are preserved in this chamber, and all the prehistoric artefacts so far found in the cave have been recovered from this location. The cave continues for several kilometres through predominantly low, damp passageways. It should be noted that there is a detailed and widely disseminated map of the cave passages available, but we do not show it here, as the cave is on private land, completely unprotected, and could be easily identified by vandals and looters." This info is for only for your personal knowledge, not an invite to pilfer antiquities on private property.
Researchers are using new ways of photographing these glyphs, as the ceiling is so low, one cannot step back to look at the entire work of art.
Discovering ancient cave art using 3D photogrammetry: pre-contact Native American mud glyphs from 19th Unnamed Cave, Alabama
outsider.com/outdoors/largest-indigenous-american-cave-art-ever-discovered-in-u-s-found-in-alabama/ From Outsider.com
The location of the cave is being kept secret, for obvious reasons. But it is in Northern Alabama in the Tennessee River Valley.
Look for the full study in this month’s Antiquity journal. There you will also find more general info on the cave's location, age of strata where found. The cave is referred to as "19th Unnamed Cave, Alabama."
For a person that knows this area/geology/landscape/terrain, there are details provided that perhaps could be used to narrow down the areas the cave is located in. "In the Carboniferous Monteagle Limestone formation found at the base of the Mississippian series in Tennessee and Alabama."
"The cavern comprises more than 5km of underground passageways. The entrance faces east at 219m amsl, and is approximately 10m high and 15m wide (Cressler et al. Reference Cressler1999). An intermittent stream flows out of the cave, and the vestibule has been washed clean of sediments by fluvial action emanating from inside the karst. As a result, no intact archaeological materials survive in the cave's entrance. From the vestibule, a main passage climbs to a 25 × 20m open chamber (the ‘glyph chamber’) that is bounded by flowstone formations. The mud glyphs are inscribed on the ceiling of this room, which is low—often only 0.60m from the floor—and with very few places where the space between floor and ceiling is more than 1.25m (Figure 2). A person must therefore crouch or crawl to move through this area. Sediment deposits are preserved in this chamber, and all the prehistoric artefacts so far found in the cave have been recovered from this location. The cave continues for several kilometres through predominantly low, damp passageways. It should be noted that there is a detailed and widely disseminated map of the cave passages available, but we do not show it here, as the cave is on private land, completely unprotected, and could be easily identified by vandals and looters." This info is for only for your personal knowledge, not an invite to pilfer antiquities on private property.
Researchers are using new ways of photographing these glyphs, as the ceiling is so low, one cannot step back to look at the entire work of art.
Discovering ancient cave art using 3D photogrammetry: pre-contact Native American mud glyphs from 19th Unnamed Cave, Alabama