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UID:pretalx-nss-convention-2026-8Z3NXE@talks.caving.dev
DTSTART;TZID=EST:20260709T090500
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DESCRIPTION:The discovery of two long-nosed peccary (genus Mylohyus) skulls
  and post-cranial bones in Shenandoah Wild Cave (SWC) on a 13 October 2023
  survey trip of the Virginia Speleological Survey's Shenandoah County Cave
  Survey prompted the reincarnation of the Paleontological Resource Invento
 ry of Virginia Caves (PRIOVAC). An initial assessment trip with two of the
  surveyors revealed an abundance of remains including evidence of a buried
  partially articulated skeleton in the crawlway floor between the two init
 ially discovered skulls.\n\nAfter permissions and a Virginia Cave Collecti
 ons Permit were received\, a series of trips were executed in 2025 and ear
 ly 2026\, which have included the cave surveyors in the recovery teams. Th
 us far\, we have recovered portions of three adults and one juvenile pecca
 ry from that area of the cave. A fifth individual\, another adult\, was di
 scovered in January of 2026 in a separate area.\n\nThe first two skulls we
 re stabilized\, 3D scanned\, printed\, painted and presented to the Shenan
 doah Caverns Manager in time to be displayed during Virginia Cave Week\, J
 une 1-7\, 2025. Our Virginia Cave Collection Permit has been extended to c
 ontinue excavations and recovery through 2027\, stabilization and curation
  of the peccaries and other remains continue at East Tennessee State Unive
 rsity's Gray Fossil Site & Museum.
DTSTAMP:20260826T232448Z
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SUMMARY:The Discovery and Recovery of the Shenandoah Caverns Peccaries and 
 Reincarnation of PRIOVAC - 
URL:https://talks.caving.dev/nss-convention-2026/talk/8Z3NXE/
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