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    ENEOLITHIC PEOPLE FOUND IN ARMENIA

    news.am
    Oct 26 2010
    Armenia

    Well-preserved burial places of people of the eneolithic age have
    been found in the caves of Arni 1, Vaiots Dzor, Armenia. Excavations
    are conducted in cooperation with archeologists from the University
    of California (USA) and University College Cork (UCC) (Ireland),
    head of the Armenian team Boris Gasparyan said.

    He said that the specialists have found the bodies of adults and
    children in clay tombs. Children's bodies are intact, whereas the
    adults were dismembered. The find is a unique opportunity to find
    out the children's genetic code by means of DNA analyses. This, in
    turn, will supply scientists with valuable information on the humans'
    genetic evolution.

    However, deciphering the genetic code is a most expensive procedure,
    laboratory analyses cost ~@60,000, Gasparyan said.

    Since colors were not widely spread in the Armenian territory in the
    eneolithic age, the colorful vessels with the sun and animals painted
    on them are most interesting.

    The excavations are of paramount importance for putting together
    the picture of Armenia's ancient past and of the cultural and
    historical picture of Western Asia in the eneolithic age. This year
    the archeologists have found a drinking horn of the eneolithic age
    in Areni 1. The excavations started in 2007, and the most ancient
    leather shoe was found in a cave the next year.

    NEWS.am reminds readers that a 5,500-year-old shoe was found in
    September 2008. A number of research centers confirmed the age of
    the finding as a result of independent research.

    The 23.5-cm-long and 7.6- to 10-cm-wide moccasin-like shoe was
    well-preserved due to a layer of sheep droppings, which blocked
    the air.




    From: A. Papazian
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