Karst cave,
St. Joe Limestone, Mississippian, Paleozoic Era.
| Location: | 3,2km South of Noel, Missouri on Hwy. 59 |
| Open: | Mar-Nov daily 8-18, winter schedules vary. |
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| Classification: |
Karst cave,
St. Joe Limestone, Mississippian, Paleozoic Era.
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| Light: | electric |
| Dimension: | T=13°C |
| Guided tours: | D=60min. |
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| Address: | Bluff Dweller's Cave, Rt 2 Box 230, Noel, MO 64854, Tel. +1-417-475-3666 |
| Last update: | $Date: 2008/07/01 20:32:16 $ |
During the development of Bluff Dweller's Cave while removing debris under the Exit Cliff, flecks of charcoal were noticed. This coal from fire places was the first sign of a number of human remains found soon after. The finds include human bones, arrows, and stone implements, which are today exhibited in the Browning Museum at the cave's entrance.
The bones of a flat-headed man who had sheltered beneath this cliff, at the time it had stood open, established the name Bluff Dwellers' Cave. The present entrance was completely concealed at the time that the cave was explored.
The cave was formed during an active period, when the ground water table was at the height of the cave, and great amounts of water flew through the cave. The impressive river passages of the cave were formed. The Ozark uplift continued and so the cave became dry. The formation of speleothems started, and the cave was accesible to prehistoric man. Later, continuing erosion by tremors and weathering, caused the collapse of the entrance section.
The cave has several nice speleothems, like cave corals and the dam or rim of an rimstone pool which is 2,5 cm thick, 30 cm high and several meters long.
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