Post by jonsdigs on Mar 16, 2008 7:15:47 GMT -5
Saving a cave
Knox News Sentinel (TN)
Editorial
Saturday, March 15, 2008
WE'RE PLEASED to see that the state is buying a cave near Crossville, Tenn., with bird-man creatures and other mysterious images carved or painted on the walls some 700 years ago. The state will pay about $2.1 million to buy and preserve the 385-acre Devilstep Hollow site. Jan Simek, a professor of science at the University of Tennessee, said it is one of only about 60 cave art sites documented in the Southeast.
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Knox News Sentinel (TN)
Editorial
Saturday, March 15, 2008
WE'RE PLEASED to see that the state is buying a cave near Crossville, Tenn., with bird-man creatures and other mysterious images carved or painted on the walls some 700 years ago. The state will pay about $2.1 million to buy and preserve the 385-acre Devilstep Hollow site. Jan Simek, a professor of science at the University of Tennessee, said it is one of only about 60 cave art sites documented in the Southeast.
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