Riverbluff Cave field house

RaccoonCC · Post by **RaccoonCC** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:30 pm

So whats the deal with this field house? I saw it on the news a few minutes ago, and it looks pretty cool, but is it open? All it said was that it was dedicated this morning at 10. I'm interested...

darkcloud617 · Post by **darkcloud617** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:22 pm

what do you mean... why was it on the news?

colt45 · Post by **colt45** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:40 pm

Do i see another RACCCC adventure in he making?...What the hell is riverbluff cave field house?

BROUSER · Post by **BROUSER** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:50 pm

Has exhibits of discoveries in Riverbluff Cave. It will be open to the public during normal business hours.

piplnr65656 · Post by **piplnr65656** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 5:31 pm

BROUSER wrote:Has exhibits of discoveries in Riverbluff Cave. It will be open to the public during normal business hours.

Is that the cave that they found the dead indians in?

BROUSER · Post by **BROUSER** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 5:38 pm

No dead Indians, the cave was sealed way before people got into the area. Just mastodon bones, short faced bears, peccaries, turtles, and all kinds of ice age animal remains.

http://www.riverbluffcave.com/

BROUSER · Post by **BROUSER** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:39 am

My brother was going to the cave this morning to help run cable down into the cave to set up a web-cam down there. I'm not sure when, but eventually they are talking about put the web-cam on the site to watch the work in action.

Sertile · Post by **Sertile** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:57 pm

Is that the cave that they found the dead indians in?

No, but you might be thinking of Henson Cave. I worked there in 2003 with the MSU Center for Archaeological Research right before they discovered some Osage remains and had to shut it down for NAGPRA reasons (the cave was later filled in).

Jesta · Post by **Jesta** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:19 pm

What is NAGPRA?

Sertile · Post by **Sertile** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:13 pm

The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. It's basically a law that says if you find the body of a Native American, you have to find his or her tribe and return said body, or tell them where they can come get it, before you can continue digging. It's to prevent against grave-robbery, basically.

piplnr65656 · Post by **piplnr65656** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:10 am

Sertile wrote:
Is that the cave that they found the dead indians in?
No, but you might be thinking of Henson Cave. I worked there in 2003 with the MSU Center for Archaeological Research right before they discovered some Osage remains and had to shut it down for NAGPRA reasons (the cave was later filled in).

Is that down by kimberling city? I was thinking that is where I heard about i happening. This was back in the late 90's from what I remember.

BROUSER · Post by **BROUSER** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:01 pm

Digging through some old pics and found these two that I took in Riverbluff Cave. The bear beds and the claw marks didn't turn out though. Didn't actually go down into the bear pit to get close enough and had a weak flash.

BROUSER · Post by **BROUSER** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:48 pm

Correction. I did find the bear claw scratch picture from Riverbluff Cave. It's just not very good. What can I say, I use a Pentax K1000. The camera is older than most people on this site. But not as old as these clawmarks. From a short-face bear, extinct for about 10,000 years, give or take.

slow_walker · Post by **slow_walker** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 4:57 pm

BROUSER wrote: What can I say, I use a Pentax K1000. The camera is older than most people on this site.

When I was in high school, Pentax K1000's are what we learned on in photography class. Even the Advanced Photography class used them to take all of the student pictures for the yearbook (small school, we did our own photos). I loved those cameras so much, that when I graduated that's the only thing I asked for. So my parents bought me one and I used it constantly until about 6 years ago. Now, it's just not as convenient as the digitals, nor is it as easy to carry.

I do still own it though, just don't really want to get rid of it.

BROUSER · Post by **BROUSER** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 5:02 pm

I have a Pentax SE, which is just a little more convenient than the K1000. But it's not just about the convenience, I like the process and the challenges. It's why people still paint with oil instead of doing it all on the computer.

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