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<< Other Photo Pages >> Great Salt Lake Cave - Cave or Rock Shelter in United States in The West

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Natural PlacesSite Name: Great Salt Lake Cave Alternative Name: Cave 1, Cave 2, Great Salt Lake
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 71.698 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The West Type: Cave or Rock Shelter

Latitude: 41.338500N  Longitude: 112.50721W
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
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Great Salt Lake Cave
Great Salt Lake Cave submitted by dodomad : Split pieces of cane and carved sticks like those shown above were used as rudimentary dice where one side was marked with a number of cuts or burns and the other left blank. The aim was to guess how many cut marks would fall cut side up when they were thrown. These were likely used in low stake gambling games. Photo Credit: John Ives (Vote or comment on this photo)
A cave on the shore of Utah's Great Salt Lake has been found to hold hundreds of dice and other ancient gambling pieces. And archaeologists who discovered the carved sticks, hoops, dice and darts – which date from the 13th century – believe there could be up to 10,000 more of the gaming pieces in the cave.

It is thought they belonged to an obscure indigenous people who lived along the shores of the Great Salt Lake at the time, known as the Promontory Culture. In the past, clothing including carefully made moccasins along with piles of butchered bison and elk have been found in the cave in ongoing excavations since the 1930s. But the discovery of the 800-year-old gambling equipment is providing new insights into the way these people lived.

Rather than seeking out a meagre existence from the land, the Promontory People appear to have lived in relative luxury, with ample spare time for playing and gambling.

Archaeologists also believe gambling may have played a crucial role in helping people in this culture form new relationships and bonds with each other. Professor Jack Ives, an archaeologist at the University of Alberta, said the number and diversity of gaming artefacts found in the cave was unparalleled in western North America.

Speaking to Western Digs, he said: 'This to me can be seen as the intersection of three factors: remarkable preservation, a cave population that was thriving during its 20 to 40-year stay, and a real cultural predilection for gaming activities.

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Great Salt Lake Cave
Great Salt Lake Cave submitted by dodomad : The large cave on the shores of Great Salt Lake in Utah (shown above) was home to the Promontory People for 20 to 40 years during the 13th century. Many of the dice were found around a hearth close to the entrance. Photo Credit: John Ives (Vote or comment on this photo)

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