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Danger Cave State Historical Monument
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archaeological site in Tooele County, Utah, United States
Danger Cave is a North American archaeological site located in the Bonneville Basin of western Utah around the Great Salt Lakes region, that features artifacts of the Desert Culture from c. 9000 BC until c. 500 AD. Through carbon-14 dating, it has been determined that there is very little evidence of human life in the Danger Cave area c. 11,000 BP [9000 BC], but there is much evidence of human life by 9000 BP [7000 BC].
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Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway, Wendover, Utah, 84083
Coordinates: 40.75306, -114.01696
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