An edition of Big Bone Cave
(2006)
Big Bone Cave
by Larry E. Matthews
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This book is the complete history of Big Bone Cave, the most significant cave in Tennessee in terms of paleontology, geology, archaeology, and saltpeter mining history.
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First Sentence
"Prehistoric peoples used caves and rock shelters for both temporary and permanent residences."
Table of Contents
1. American Indians
2. The Original Landowners
3. Saltpeter Mining During the War of 1812
4. An 1813 Letter
5. Discovery of the Giant Ground Sloth
6. The Mummies of Big Bone Cave
7. Saltpeter Mining During the Civil War
8. The Origin of Saltpeter in Caves
9. James M. Safford's Box of Bones
10. The Sloth Bones Discovery of 1896
11. The Visit by Thomas L. Bailey in 1917
12. The 1862 Passage
13. The Visits by Thomas C. Barr, Jr, in the 1950s
14. My First Visit to Big Bone Cave
15. The Great Atomic Bomb Shelter Fisco
16. The Robbery of 1965
17. The Survey of Big Bone Cave
18. Discovery of the Jaguar Skeleton
19. Big Bone Cave Receives National Recognition
20. Fossil Birds From Big Bone Cave
21. State Natural Area
22. Soot Deposits, Blasting, and Other Observations
23. Paleofeces and Other Artifacts
24. The Great Radon Scare
25. The Great Radon Scare -- Part II
26. The Geology of Big Bone Cave
27. The Biology of Big Bone Cave
28. Saltpeter Mining in Other Tennessee Caves
29. Epilogue
Edition Notes
This book includes a Guide To Place Names, a Glossary, a Chronology, and a Selected Bibliography. There is also a very complete Index.
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