Ancient Americans made art deep within the dark zones of caves throughout the Southeast

  • Written by: Jan Simek, Professor of Anthropology, University of Tennessee
Ancient Americans made art deep within the dark zones of caves throughout the SoutheastThe author examining pictographs in 60th Unnamed Cave, Tennessee.Alan Cressler

On a cold winter’s day in 1980, a group of recreational cavers entered a narrow, wet stream passage south of Knoxville, Tennessee. They navigated a slippery mud slope and a tight keyhole through the cave wall, trudged through the stream itself, ducked through...

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