Danger Cave
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Archaeology, Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Anthropology, Anthropologists
- Curriculum: American Indian History, American Pre-Colonial History (to 1606)
- Geographical Location: Utah
- Date: c. 9000 -c. 1400
Danger Cave is one of a number of caves in the hills near Wendover, Utah, to have yielded archaeological data on prehistoric Indian life. Findings in the roughly 60-by-120-foot cave include human skeletal remains, animal and plant material, tools, clothing fragments, and basketry artifacts. The findings are distributed in five or six differentiated layers, some as deep as 13 feet. Radiocarbon dating shows rather wide gaps in time between layers, indicating sporadic occupation. The number and complexity of artifacts increases from the earliest to the latest layers, but some features are...
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