Russell Cave National Monument

USA / Tennessee / Orme / County Road 98, 3729
 cave / cave(s), archaeological site, protected area, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, interesting place, natural monument
3729 County Road 98
Bridgeport, AL 35740
(256) 495-2672
www.nps.gov/ruca/
www.nps.gov/carto/hfc/carto/media/RUCAmap1.pdf

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For more than 10,000 years, Russell Cave was home to prehistoric peoples. Russell Cave provides clues to the daily lifeways of early North American inhabitants dating from 6500 B.C. to 1650 A.D. The cave shelter archaeological site contains the most complete record of prehistoric cultures in the Southeast.


Listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP):

Area: 310 acres
Date added to NRHP: 10/15/1966
Other designations: International Union for Conservation of Nature category V
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Cave_National_Monument
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Coordinates:   34°58'30"N   85°48'57"W
This article was last modified 5 years ago