Bones of dog found at Stone Age burial site

Debra

Dagobah Resident
How the burial site was preserved indicates a sudden flood event, perhaps caused by a meteor impact?
Anyway, it's another confirmation that dogs have been our Buddies for a very long time.

Archaeologists have reported finding the remains of a dog from more than 8,400 years ago at a human burial site in southern Sweden
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The Associated Press
24 September 2020, 05:28
• 2 min read
STOCKHOLM -- Archaeologists on Thursday reported finding the remains of a dog from more than 8,400 years ago at a human burial site in southern Sweden.

“The dog is well preserved, and the fact that it is buried in the middle of the Stone Age settlement is unique,” osteologist Ola Magnell of the Blekinge Museum said of the discovery near the town of Solvesborg.


Museum project manager Carl Persson said “a sudden and violent increase of the sea level” flooded the area with mud that had helped preserve the burial site. An ongoing archaeological excavation has involved removing layers of sand and mud.

The Swedish archaeologists said the dog was buried with a person, noting that survivors often leave valuable or sentimental objects with the dead.

Such findings “makes you feel even closer to the people who lived here,” Persson said in a statement. “A buried dog somehow shows how similar we are over the millennia when it comes to the feelings like grief and loss.”[...]
 
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