<< Text Pages >> Tainter Cave - Cave or Rock Shelter in United States in Great Lakes Midwest
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Tainter Cave Alternative Name: Arnold CaveCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 11.567 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Prairie Du Chien, WI Nearest Village: Clayton, WI
Latitude: 43.379000N Longitude: 90.752W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Cave in Crawford County, Wisconsin.Nearly 100 drawings and carvings of birds, animals and humans. Much of the cave art is in the dark zone of the cave, where artifacts (ceramics, torches, a shoe) have also been found. One figure has been directly dated to 600 AD, while artifacts represent periods dated from 500 - 1500 AD.
The cave lies on private land and had been disfigured by modern graffiti. Now a welded gate at the mouth of the cave prevents trespassing.
The location given is for the nearby crossroads village of Clayton.
From the National Register of Historic Places:
Historic Significance: Information Potential
Area of Significance: Religion, Art, Prehistoric, Native American
Cultural Affiliation: Woodland
Period of Significance: 499-0 AD, 1000-500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1749-1500 AD
Historic Function: Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function: Ceremonial Site, Single Dwelling
Current Function: Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Natural Feature, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Note: Evidence of Effigy Mound Culture Decline in Pictographs? “It’s suggestive of desperation...”
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