Serpent Cave
Appearance
Serpent Cave | |
Nearest city | Clarksville, Arkansas |
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Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
MPS | Rock Art Sites in Arkansas TR |
NRHP reference No. | 82002120[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 4, 1982 |
The Serpent Cave is a prehistoric rock art site near Clarksville, Arkansas. It consists of a panel depicting a serpentine figure, a common motif in rock art of the Mississippian culture. Why a motif of that culture is found as far west as it is (in an area more dominated by Plains and Caddoan cultures before European contact) is unknown.[2]
The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Summary description of Serpent Cave". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
Categories:
- Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places in Johnson County, Arkansas
- Mississippian culture
- Native American history of Arkansas
- Snakes in art
- Cave paintings
- Caves of Arkansas
- Northwest Arkansas Registered Historic Place stubs
- United States cave stubs