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Studies of Cave Sediments - Physical and Chemical Records of Paleoclimate (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004)
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Studies of Cave Sediments - Physical and Chemical Records of Paleoclimate (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004)
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John E. Mylroie and Ira D. Sasowsky' Caves occupy incongruous
positions in both our culture and our science. The oldest records
of modem human culture are the vivid cave paintings from southern
France and northern Spain, which are in some cases more than 30,000
years old (Chauvet, et ai, 1996). Yet, to call someone a "caveman"
is to declare them primitive and ignorant. Caves, being cryptic and
mysterious, occupied important roles in many cultures. For example,
Greece, a country with abundant karst, had the oracle at Delphi and
Hades the god of death working from caves. People are both drawn to
and mortified by caves. Written records ofcave exploration exist
from as early as 852 BC (Shaw, 1992). In the decade of the 1920's,
which was rich in news events, the second biggest story (as
measured by column inches of newsprint) was the entrapment of Floyd
Collins in Sand Cave, Kentucky, USA. This was surpassed only by
Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic (Murray and Brucker, 1979).
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