Let Those Bones Be: Lessons in Paleontological Context at Unthanks Cave, Virginia

• Published in: Journal of caves and karst studies Vol. 68; no. 3; p. 174
• Main Authors: Hubbard, DA Jr, Grady, F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.12.2006
• Subjects: USA, Virginia; Switzerland; USA, Colorado

In the fall of 1996, a caver called saying he'd passed the notorious Easter Pig Sump in Unthanks Cave. He'd found a borehole passage with a large bone protruding from a mud bank. Concerned that the sump would re-close for another decade or that the bone might wash away before a recovery tr...