In 1978, near the village of Shirakavan, Shirak region Republic Armenia, among burial complexes Late Bronze and Iron Age, was opened examined No. 17. According to specialists, it oriented from north south, had a ground chamber 1.70 x 0.80 1.20 m, equipped with two floor slabs. cell, skeleton lay on its right side in bent position, head north. Near his hand massive bronze standard, left - bowl. ...

Here we report the unprecedented discovery of the skeleton of a ritually interred donkey with a metal horse bit in association with its teeth and saddlebag fastenings on its back. This discovery in the Middle Bronze Age III sacred precinct (1700/1650-1550 BCE) at Tel Haror, Israel, presents a unique combination of evidence for the early employment of equid harnessing equipment, both for chariot...

Mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid (mtDNA) polymorphisms were examinedin bone samples of individuals buried inan early Neolithic (c. 5800–4900 BCE) hunter-gatherer cemetery, Shamanka II, located atthe southwestern tip of Lake Baikal, Siberia. The mainobjective was to compare the mtDNA polymorphisms observed at Shamanka II to those previously reportedfrom the Lokomotiv (early Neolithic) and Ust...