Stratigraphic integrity and large game hunting at Hogup Cave, Utah.

Summary

Utah’s Hogup Cave is an iconic example of the exceptional preservation and cultural depth present at Great Basin dry cave sites and has recently featured prominently in the debate related to the ascendancy of large game hunting in the late Holocene. However, concerns related to the stratigraphic integrity of the site has largely inhibited analysis of the cave’s assemblage since the site’s excavation and initial analysis in the late 1960’s. We utilize 15 new radiocarbon dates in conjunction with excavation notes to examine the stratigraphic coherency and temporal range of the site. This is presented alongside new oxygen isotope data and a reanalysis of the site’s artiodactyl faunal material to reconstruct trends in large-game hunting behavior stretching back to the early Holocene.

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• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

Keywords

Spatial Coverage