Cueva Espantosa | |
  location in Mexico | |
| Location | Sierra Madre Oriental, Coahuila |
|---|---|
| Region | Mexico |
| Coordinates | 27°26′13″N 101°42′21″W / 27.43694°N 101.70583°W |
| History | |
| Associated with | hunter-gatherer groups |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1950s and 1960s |
| Archaeologists | Walter W. Taylor |
Frightful Cave (Spanish: Cueva Espantosa) is a pre-Columbian archaeological site located in the state of Coahuila in northern Mexico. It was occupied on several occasions during the Archaic period by what seem to be nomadic hunter-gatherer groups and is an important source of archaeological evidence concerning the ancient desert tradition of the Central Mexican highlands.[1]
- ^ Evans, Susan Toby (2008). Ancient Mexico & Central America: Archaeology and Culture History, College Edition. London: Thames & Hudson. pp. 74–75.