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- Title
First evidence of hunting a tiger in the Early Eneolithic of the foothill zone of the Kopet Dagh.
- Authors
Kasparov, Aleksei K.; Solov'yova, Natalia F.
- Abstract
During excavations of the settlement‐site Ilgynly‐Depe in Southeastern Turkmenistan, for the first time, since investigations began in 1986, the remains of tiger were found. Two bones of this large predator were found in layers dated to the beginning of the third millennium BC. Among the bones that were found are the proximal part of the third hind metapodium and the second hind phalanx, possibly from the third digit of the hind leg. Characteristic cuts from skinning of an animal are on the second phalanx. This is the first evidence of hunting of large felid predators in the Chalcolithic time in South Turkmenistan.
- Subjects
TURKMENISTAN; HINDLIMB; FOOTHILLS; HUNTING
- Publication
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 2023, Vol 33, Issue 1, p178
- ISSN
1047-482X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/oa.3189