Caves and Culture : 10,000 Years of Ohio History

Seeks to address various problems, specifically the use of rockshelters by humans through time and transcontinental continuities. This book presents research from several Ohio caves and rockshelters, and is useful to those with interest in local or regional midwestern or midcontinental prehistory.

Caves and Culture seeks to address a number of important problems, specifically the use of rockshelters by humans through time and transcontinental continuities. It presents new and updated, unreported research from such Ohio caves and rockshelters as Stow Rockshelter (Stow), Peters Cave (Ross County), Hendricks Cave (Wyandotte County), and Chesser Cave (Athens), among others. ""Caves and Culture"" is primarily focused on the archaeological research of Dr. Olaf H. Prufer and his associates as they investigated and explored caves in Ohio since 1964. Spurlock and her co-editors report, sometimes reclaim, and frequently reinterpret data that will be useful to the understanding of Ohio archaeology for decades to come. Anyone with interest in local or regional (midwestern or midcontinental) prehistory will appreciate this exploration into Ohio''s history.