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Show 8. Significance Period _5 prehistoric _X 1400-1499 X 1500-1 599 _JX 1600-1 699 __X 1700-1 799 X 1800-1 899 1900- Areas of Significance Check and justify below ^.. archeology-prehistoric community planning archeology-historic conservation agriculture economics _ .. architecture __ art commerce communications . , Specific dates ... landscape architecture. law _. literature __ education __ military ___ engineering ___ music exploration/settlement _ philosophy industry _ politics/government invention 8400 B f P,-1850 A,D, Builder/Architect _. religion science sculpture social/ humanitarian theater transportation other (specify) N/A Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) Occuipied betweerT8400 BTP. ancTTSBO A.D., Hogup Cave Is one of the mo~st important of Utah's archeological sites both in terms of the amount of valuable information that it contributes to Desert West prehistory, and for the knowledge it provides about Archaic peoples. This remains true even though the cave has been, totally excavated. The Hogup Cave findings confirm the conclusions 'made earlier by Jehnings concerning the stability of the Desert Culture throughout the Great Basin and the Desert West. Second, the findings further'refine and clarify the cultural ecology of the Great Salt Lake area during the Archaic stage. On the basts of this ecological approach, Aikens was able to distinguish differences:between early and*late Archaic periods. Third, Aikens 1 reelassification of the Danger Cave projectile points based on data from Hogup Cave was important. In collating the Danger Cave collection with his finds at Hogup"Cave, Aikens was able to define projectile point types approximating culture-historical types. Finally; Aikens states that "The data from Hogup Cave support the idea of ethnic and cultural replacement of the Fremont by Numic-speaking people." Hogup Cave is eligible under both criterian "A" and "D". It is important as an advancement in the history of archeological development and for the tremendous amount of data that it has yeilded. ' .' .*_. Hogup Cave served for over eight mi 11 em*a as a seasonal "base camp" for groups of hunter-gatherers in the region. The occupation of Hogup Cave, as outlined in the Description section, consists of four distinct periods or units. Unit I (6400 B.C. 1250 B.C.) and Unit II (1250 B.C. A.D. 400): Early and Late Archaic., The artifacts recovered at Hogup duplicate to a large extent those found at Danger Cave and thus suggest a very similar Desert Archaic lifeway. Subsistence was oriented around the hunting and gathering of a large variety of fauna! and floral species,1 but as at Danger Cave, there was clear emphasis on the harvesting or pickleweed seed, especially in Unit I, the early Archaic occupation. In the late Archaic Unit II occupation there is a slight decline in small seed harvesting and an emphasis on the hunting of large animals such as the bison and antelope. r As at Danger_Cave, the_site occupationsir .arebelieved, to have been only seasonal visits for the purpose of exploiting the^ late summer/early fall floral resources of the area, namely the pickleweed. In late Archaic times, the site was probably only an occasionally occupied hunting camp. The findings at Hogup Cave are significant for two reasons: first, they served to further confirm the conclusions made by Jennings (1953, 1957; Jennings and Norbeck, 1955; Jennings et.al., 1956) concerning the stability of the Desert Culture throughout the Great Basin and the Desert West; of particular importance was the demonstration of a smooth and gradual transition |
