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Cavers and archeologists alike will welcome the reprinting of this classic volume presenting results from the first decade of archeological research in the world's longest cave, the Mammoth Cave System in Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky.

This book established dark-zone cave archeology as an essential source of information on prehistoric lifeways in Eastern North America, and still provides the most detailed evidence available for indigenous, pre-maize agriculture and diet 1500 years before European contact. The authors also document the nature and extent of speleological knowledge by ancient Native Americans who were the best cavers anywhere--prehistory or historic--prior to the modern era.