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Archaeology. What is Archaeology?. :the study of prehistoric people and their cultures Then what does “prehistoric” mean? “Prehistoric” means BEFORE white explorers. Archaeologists have studied the early people in Utah.
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What is Archaeology? • :the study of prehistoric people and their cultures • Then what does “prehistoric” mean? • “Prehistoric” means BEFORE white explorers
Archaeologists have studied the early people in Utah. • They know they ate animals because of found charred animal bones found at their campsites. • We also know from burial sites how the groups buried their dead.
Artifacts • Artifacts: are tools, weapons, baskets, clay pots, or other items made by humans.
But… • There are MANY things we don’t know about prehistoric people so he have to infer, or try to figure out, how they used different artifacts. • The follow are pictures of found artifacts. Sketch a picture of each one and use your best judgment to figure out what it is and what it was most likely used for.
Danger Cave • Jesse Jennings from the University of Utah found a variety of artifacts at Danger Dave located west of the Great Salt Lake.
Danger Cave • He found leather scraps, pieces of string, nets of twine, basket fragments, and bone/wood tools like knives. • They dated these artifacts to be over 11,000 years old!
Hogup Cave • Hogup Cave, a few miles into the Great Salt Desert, was found to have artifacts about 8,000 years old from different types of cultures.
The first group used it to harvest pickleweed- a herb that probably used for preserving food. • The second culture, The Fremont, used the cave as a temporary camp. • They left moccasins, jewelry, and other items. Later, another culture, the Shoshone Indians, left pottery and animals hides.