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Bighorn Cave
Nearest cityOatman, Arizona
Arealess than one acre
NRHP reference No.88001571[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 28, 1988

Bighorn Cave, in Mohave County, Arizona near Oatman, is an archeological site that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It has also been listed as archeological site AZ F:15:1 (BLM) and as NA 18,616 (Museum of Northern Arizona).[1]

It is located in the Black Mountains in west-central Arizona. Humans occupied the site during a 3,000 year period.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "University of Arizona Press: Bighorn Cave: Test Excavations of a Stratified Dry Shelter, Mohave County, Arizona". (book summary)