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	Caving - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Caving is often undertaken solely for the enjoyment of the activity or for physical exercise, but original exploration is an important goal for many cavers.
		Knots commonly used in caving are the figure-of-eight- (or figure-of-nine-) loop, bowline, alpine butterfly, and Italian hitch.
		In some caves it may be acceptable to mark a small number of key junctions with small stacks or "cairns" of rocks, or to leave a non-permanent mark such as high-visibility flagging tape tied to a projection.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Caving (2085 words)

	Hidden Cave, Nevada
		Hidden Cave was rediscovered in the 1920s, and teams of archaeologists excavated there in the 1940s, 1950s, and late 1970s.
		Because nobody could actually have lived inside the cave, it seems clear that the rich artifact assemblage buried inside must have been deliberately stored away, carefully cached for the future rather than discarded as garbage.
		Digging inside Hidden Cave was no picnic, as three generations of archaeologists can readily attest.
	anthro.amnh.org /anthropology/research/hidden.htm (4080 words)

	Openings to the Underworld: Science News Online, May 18, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		At a Maya cave site in Guatemala, an archaeologist sits on a mound of artifacts that were thrown into a cave after ceremonies were conducted in a plaza near its opening.
		Cave paintings at Naj Tunich, a Classic-era city in Guatemala, contain numerous images of scribes, in what appear to be self-portraits.
		Caves in Maya country have long attracted all sorts of activity, from casual visitors and those seeking refuge to people burying their dead or conducting ritual ceremonies, he says.
	www.sciencenews.org /20020518/bob9.asp (2533 words)

	Technical Section - Chapter 2
		Digging in A Sinkhole Entrance: Probably the most common place for a dig, a sinkhole is depression in the ground where a cave entrance may be formed.
		Digging in a Fissure Entrance: Fissure digs can be either horizontal or vertical (or slanted) but always involved excavting a filled "crack" that leads to bigger cave passage.
		Digging Through Solid Earth: One of the more foolhardy tasks unless you know a cave exists under a particular spot, this is the most labor (or energy) intensive type of digging.
	www.virginiacaves.org /tech-2.html (556 words)

	November '99 Dig #38 {"Self-digging cave"}
		Four rabbit size holes are also exposed near the top of the exposed 6-foot diameter pipe for a total opening of about 30 square inches with the lid in place.
		To shore the dig in the second cave room we need to build or obtain several screw jacks to expand between shoring and the bedrock wall.
		Digs are scheduled the third weekend of each month.
	www.carrollcave.org /reports/upstream_digs/dig38.htm (676 words)

	WVACS Cave
		However, there is believed to be additional cave passage both under the dirt floor and at the ends of the known cave.
		Digging is encouraged anywhere in the cave away from the entrance (don't want to destabilize it).
		Spoil dirt (what you dig out) should be carried out of the cave and placed in the pile along the fence line to the West in the obvious dirt pile.
	www.wvacs.org /html/wvacs_cave.html (350 words)

	Trout Run Woods Plan
		Specific cave location information WILL NOT be released to the general public; i.e., cave names, directions to the caves or maps of the caves.
		Caving organizations publishing electronic forms of their newsletters should remove reference to these caves in the electronic format/archive and only publish trip reports to these caves in print, where they are not widely available to members of the general public.
		All persons entering the caves must be have a minimum of a hardhat, lug-soled boots, gloves, three sources of light and warm, layered clothing.
	www.karst.org /trout_run_woods_plan.htm (1503 words)

	First steps of avalanche training
		Cave or Grave: the place in the snow which we dig out to place the helper in.
		The cave needs to be 2 meters long and wide enough and high enough inside that there is room for the helper to play with the dog inside the cave.
		I have seen dogs where the helper work was incorrect at an early stage, and though these dogs have been good in drive and everything else, the marking on the grave has been a struggle the rest of their lives.
	www.leerburg.com /avalanche.htm (1711 words)

	Snow Cave HTML
		As you dig place the snow that is being removed from the trench onto the roof area of the cave.
		It is uncommon for a snow cave to collapse after construction, especially after the temperatures drop at night.
		Eliminate the tunnel and dig a compartment so that it is large enough inside for you to sit upright.
	www.etisurvival.com /snocv.htm (1555 words)

	Paleocurrents.com - Fossil Mammals in Caves of the Black Hills, South Dakota, Parker's Pit & Don's Gooseberry Pit
		The caves are known as "Parker's Pit" and "Don's Gooseberry Pit".
		It may be true that the fauna being recovered today in caves represent species that existed in a similar or warmer environment.
		After digging around a bit, he decided there may be something underneath the bush.
	www.paleocurrents.com /docs/parkers_pit_2004.html (1012 words)

	Current River Caves
		The cave has two large entrances with a pillar of rock about six feet in diameter between them.
		Both can clearly be seen from the Current River, as the cave is located at the base of a bluff about 30 feet up from river level on the right bank.
		However, it is not a rock shelter of the overhand or wind-blown type, but rather a meander of an old cave which was left exposed as the Current River cut down in its valley.
	currentriver.net /rock_house_cave.htm (191 words)

	Desert Exposure Cavers October 2005
		Gomez adds that Caballo Cave is a popular and nearby destination, and also mentions Snowy River Cave, which recently made headlines when it was revealed that it has a "river" of white calcite rock that is more than two miles long.
		The exact location of the cave, whose calcite "river" may be unique in the world, remains a secret except to a handful of people.
		Most digs are in a location of a cave where air movement can be felt." Equipment consists of a small shovel, hammer, chisel and a bucket and rope, which are used for hauling.
	www.desertexposure.com /200510/200510_cavers.html (2358 words)

	Snow Cave
		A snow cave is a great type of snow shelter if the conditions are right for one.
		If you're digging your cave by a large rock start digging the entrance facing as far away from the direction of the snow accumulation as possible.
		There should be a floor area in your snow cave that is lower than the sleeping areas but higher up than the entrance hole.
	www.gottagoitsnows.com /survival/006.html (234 words)

	NSS Bulletin Volume 42 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Cave location in Schoharie County, New York is often carried out on an inferred basis, because the bedrock is generally mantled by a thick cover of glacial sediment which plugs active insurgences and resurgences and buries abandoned ones.
		Actual entry and cave exploration involves competing with glacial sediment and water for use of the active insurgences and resurgences.
		Exploration of cave conduits is impeded by glacial sediment which blocks the abandoned upper levels and causes water to pond in the lower, active passages.
	www.caves.org /pub/journal/PDF/V42/v42n1-Mylroie.htm (205 words)

	Volunteer Kimberly Bartley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		There are a lot of rocks, some of which seem cut or placed specifically in the cave, which could indicate the cave was filled deliberately.
		That means we stop digging there and move over to the other side of the square.
		Digging this side will also clear the way to an opening on the east side of the cave.
	www.nexfind.com /cana/kim.html (1099 words)

	Redman Cave
		I tired of digging that day though it was fun watching huge chunks of mud splash land into the borehole.
		The owner was going to visit the cave on Saturday so I spent a couple hours enlarging the entrance crawl for easy access; Mark and I also brought a ladder through the sump to replace the rope ladder.
		The cave contained a lot of wildlife: ducks, raccoons, muskrats, cave salamanders, isopods, blindfish, cave crayfish, crayfish, bluegill, catfish, and a few bats.
	www.bkcave.com /Projects/Redman.htm (1487 words)

	Cave house, Spain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Cave house in Spain, farmhouses, and property of all types in an area surrounded by mountains and lakes. Perfect for retirement, water sports, walking, climbing... Cave house Spain.
		Estate Agents - Homes in the Granada province of Andalusia, Spain: Cave houses, farmhouses, and property of all types in an area surrounded by mountains and lakes. Perfect for retirement, water sports, walking, climbing and fishing. Castilléjar is in the Altiplana - the sunny high plains close to the skiing resorts of Opt.
		Caves can be extended inwards to your heart’s content without a mountain of paperwork to be approved.
	www.cave-house-spain.epymes.us (818 words)

	Ofer Bar-Yosef
		Our main goals at the time were to acheive a better paleoenvironmental resolution by retrieving micro-vertebrates through fine mesh wet-sieving and a greater accuracy in uncovering and recording both architectural and burial remains of the Natufian and earlier strata.
		Vandermeersch, built through years of joint work in the laboratory and the field (digging in Qafzeh in 1978-1979), were expressed in a short paper suggesting that the Qafzeh hominids were actually 80,000-100,000 years old, not 40,000-50,000, as was the current estimate.
		Digging with A. Gopher in Netiv Hagdud, an Early Neolithic village in the Jordan Valley (1983-1984) and in Nahal Hemar Cave (1983) led me to a reexamination of the Jericho site reports.
	www.fas.harvard.edu /~stoneage/People/ofer_bar-yosef.htm (1753 words)

	More “Old-But-New” Cave in the Greenbrier Valley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The digging was not only happening on the sink containing the entrance, but also on a second sink that had a blowhole.
		This dig was mostly a bucket brigade of sorts, with someone digging in cave, while the others took turns pulling the bucket from the hole and dumping it.
		I was off at the other dig at this time, but was happy to be hear that Thom was at the head of the dig some.
	www.wvcc.net /newsitem.asp?id=63 (930 words)

	Caving and potholing in the UK, France, Europe and cave digging in Derbyshire & Staffordshire
		Caving and potholing in the UK, France, Europe and cave digging in Derbyshire and Staffordshire
		The dig at Waterways Swallet in Staffordshire has yielded some excellent discoveries during the past year, the Keyhole team being ably assisted recently by members of the Eldon Pothole Club.
		Club activities revolve mainly around 'sport' caving in all the UK caving areas, and also a number of active 'digs' - in particular Waterways Swallet in Staffordshire.
	www.keyhole.org.uk (402 words)

	Trip Reports
		Digging at Ogden Cave and ridgewalking in that area.
		Digging at GROSS Grotto Quarry Cave and at Mark Burke's spring.
		Digging in and surveying Jumble Sinks #1 and #2
	users.adelphia.net /~z9links/TripReports.htm (166 words)

	Channel 4 - Time Team 2003
		This very dangerous activity caused the Pegasus Caving Club to contact their county coroner following the discovery of ancient human and animal remains in a cave at Carsington, in Derbyshire.
		As the excavations split between barrow digging on the surface and cave digging underground, the story of the area started to come together.
		Another interesting point about the Carsington excavations is that of more than 20 individuals discovered across the two areas of digging, the majority of the remains belonged to children.
	www.channel4.com /history/timeteam/2003_cars.html (248 words)

	Travel Library Topics Caves
		We cover mainly "show caves" which are the ones open to the general public and not "wild caves" (i.e., those that are only explored by experienced "cavers".) Speleology is the science of caves.
		Also good links to other caving organizations in the world and a separate page with links to cave resources by world regions.
		For the serious caver only as almost all the caves listed are not "developed" and open to the general public.
	www.travelscience.com /Framed_Pages/Main_Frame/Travel_Library/Travel_Topics_Caves.htm (715 words)

	Accessing Cosquer Cave
		French researchers have rejected the idea of digging an entrance to the Grotte Cosquer, a Palaeolithic painted cave near Marseilles, after climatological study revealed that doing so might jeopardize its paintings and engravings, some of the world's oldest cave art (see "World's Oldest Cave Art," May/June 1993).
		Studies by the Labortoire de Récherches des Monuments Historiques in Champs-sur-Marne, France, revealed that the cave's atmosphere is under pressure, and that if conditions are changed its water level might rise, flooding some of the rock art.
		Though the climatological studies have ensured that few will ever see the paintings up close (underwater access to the cave is extremely treacherous), dives organized by the French Ministry of Culture in past years have identified 41 more engraved animals and one painted one, bringing the total number of such images to 142.
	www.archaeology.org /9803/newsbriefs/cosquer.html (335 words)

	Jama BAREDINE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This cave is a treasure chest of stalagmites and stalactites, underworld sculptures created through time by the patient work of water.
		At the cave's entrance there is a museum showcase where pottery of prehistoric man has been exhibited.
		The story has it that the stone body of the milkmaid is slowly skidding, from century to century, down to the bottom of the cave where we can see it now as it is seeking her lover.
	www.istra.com /baredine/eng (399 words)

	Construction Journal Entry Week of 2/19/06
		Our plan for the week was to dig a snow cave and possibly sleep in it.
		We decided to dig the cave in the huge snowbank on the roadway under the roof.
		We enlarged the room quite a bit but it was hard to tell exactly where we were in the snowbank and how close to the surface we were.
	www.paulandellen.com /loghome/je/JE060219.htm (885 words)

	November 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		These the are wireless rescue radio/phones developed for deep cave use in France and are now standard kit among UK cave rescue teams.
		Another dig further down the passage is in the right position to pass the upstream sump.
		As far as new caves are concerned the “rift which takes a lot of water” has perhaps the most potential.
	www.nzcaver.org /htg/news/2001nov.html (1618 words)

	Hell Interrupted
		Peter realized he had stopped digging during the quake and that while he unintentionally had paused, the cave walls had crept inward.
		To spend eternity in a tiny cave, digging for unobtainable freedom with his bare hands.
		He was waiting for a cave-in: for the moment the old woman was proved right and the illusion ended, for the moment he was thrust back inside his shrinking, collapsing hole.
	www.alienskinmag.com /ficf1.htm (1958 words)

	NSS Conservation and Management Section Home Page
		I realize that cave digging and blasting seems to be accepted by a large portion of the caving community, but this is basic hypocrisy.
		This action is strongly opposed by the local caving community, including the Klamath Mountains Conservation Task force and the Friends of the Oregon Caves.
		Cave Conservation Servers on the Web is a list of cave conservation related hot links.
	www.caves.org /section/ccms/oldindex.html (1936 words)

	The Gangsta Mappers
		Cassell Cave is near the town of Cass in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
		This 6.63+ mile cave was mapped in the 1960s, during the early days of cave mapping, but the map lacks detail with lots of known passage left out.
		The cave is rather sporting and has a number of potentially dangerous climbs, including a 96 foot drop into one entrance.
	www.psc-cavers.org /gangsta-mappers (1663 words)

	Nick Cave interviewed on official website of Laura Hird (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Nick Cave had an epiphany of his own while watching the ‘Johnny Cash Show’ on television as a youngster — the sight and sound of the original gangsta gave him the first indication that music could be, as he put it, evil.
		Johnny Cash’s spirit is very much present on Cave and The Bad Seeds’ new double album ‘Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus.’ ‘Let The Bells Ring’ is on the face of it a requiem song for Cash, although as its author explains, the original draft was a grander affair.
		Indeed, these days Cave is becoming increasingly determined to avoid getting bogged down in the tedium of the recording process.
	www.laurahird.com /newreview/nickcaveinterview.html (2210 words)

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