Big Bone Cave
Contributors: G. Thomas Rea, Editor
Publisher: National Speleological Society
Published: May 1, 2006
Place of publication: Huntsville, AL
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781879961241
First sentence: Prehistoric peoples used caves and rock shelters for both temporary and permanent residences.
Description: This book is the complete history of Big Bone Cave, the most significant cave in Tennessee in terms of paleontology, geology, archaeology, and saltpeter mining history.
Notes: This book includes a Guide To Place Names, a Glossary, a Chronology, and a Selected Bibliography.  There is also a very complete Index.
Table of contents: label: 1
title: American Indians
pagenum: 11; label: 2
title: The Original Landowners
pagenum: 17; label: 3
title: Saltpeter Mining During the War of 1812
pagenum: 23; label: 4
title: An 1813 Letter
pagenum: 29; label: 5
title: Discovery of the Giant Ground Sloth
pagenum: 33; label: 6
title: The Mummies of Big Bone Cave
pagenum: 39; label: 7
title: Saltpeter Mining During the Civil War
pagenum: 45; label: 8
title: The Origin of Saltpeter in Caves
pagenum: 57; label: 9
title: James M. Safford's Box of Bones
pagenum: 63; label: 10
title: The Sloth Bones Discovery of 1896
pagenum: 67; label: 11
title: The Visit by Thomas L. Bailey in 1917
pagenum: 77; label: 12
title: The 1862 Passage
pagenum: 83; label: 13
title: The Visits by Thomas C. Barr, Jr, in the 1950s
pagenum: 87; label: 14
title: My First Visit to Big Bone Cave
pagenum: 91; label: 15
title: The Great Atomic Bomb Shelter Fisco
pagenum: 95; label: 16
title: The Robbery of 1965
pagenum: 101; label: 17
title: The Survey of Big Bone Cave
pagenum: 109; label: 18
title: Discovery of the Jaguar Skeleton
pagenum: 115; label: 19
title: Big Bone Cave Receives National Recognition
pagenum: 121; label: 20
title: Fossil Birds From Big Bone Cave
pagenum: 123; label: 21
title: State Natural Area
pagenum: 125; label: 22
title: Soot Deposits, Blasting, and Other Observations
pagenum: 135; label: 23
title: Paleofeces and Other Artifacts
pagenum: 145; label: 24
title: The Great Radon Scare
pagenum: 153; label: 25
title: The Great Radon Scare -- Part II
pagenum: 161; label: 26
title: The Geology of Big Bone Cave
pagenum: 167; label: 27
title: The Biology of Big Bone Cave
pagenum: 173; label: 28
title: Saltpeter Mining in Other Tennessee Caves
pagenum: 177; label: 29
title: Epilogue
pagenum: 187