Sheriden Cave

Sheriden Cave is a Paleo-Indian archaeological site from the late Ice age in Wyandot County, Ohio.

Sheriden Cave is a karst sinkhole on a dolomite ridge that crosses Hancock and Wyandot Counties.

There was an initial study of the site due to the paleontological remains, but a 1995 discovery found evidence of human occupation of the cave.

Kenneth Tankersley of Kent State University led the excavation of the site, with his colleagues and the support of the National Science Foundation, beginning about 1997 and for about three years.

[3] Kent State University archaeology professor Ken Tankersley found that people occupied the cave about 11,500 years ago, at a time where there was significant climate and environmental change.

Arctodus simus , a short-faced bear , compared to a human