The Malacological Evidence of Animal Remains from the Areni-1 Cave, Armenia

Noushig Zarikian; Laura Arutyunova; Boris Gasparyan

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The Malacological Evidence of Animal Remains from the Areni-1 Cave, Armenia

Noushig Zarikian, Laura Arutyunova, Boris Gasparyan

Published in International Journal of Archaeology (Volume 6, Issue 1)

Received: 28 March 2018 Accepted: 12 April 2018 Published: 8 May 2018

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Abstract

Systematic archaeological excavations at Areni-1 cave in the Republic of Armenia provided rich archaeozoological remains, among of which a large collection of water and terrestrial mollusks remains in different preserving degree (Phylum Mollusca) was separated. The recorded species mainly belong to the class Gastropoda (9 families, 8 genera, 8 species), which provide important information about the prevailing ecology during the periods of habitation and usage of the cave by Late Chalcolithic and Medieval inhabitants. The archaeological and zoological evidence could suggest a possible occurrence of rodents and birds, which are predators feeding on land mollusks. Finally, snail assemblages of Areni-1 cave suggest, that the climate regimes, vegetation and environment are similar to the present.

Published in	International Journal of Archaeology (Volume 6, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ija.20180601.13
Page(s)	18-22
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Mollusca Remains, Areni-1 Cave, Armenia, Archaeozoology

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Noushig Zarikian, Laura Arutyunova, Boris Gasparyan. The Malacological Evidence of Animal Remains from the Areni-1 Cave, Armenia. Int J Archaeol. 2018;6(1):18-22. doi: 10.11648/j.ija.20180601.13

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Noushig Zarikian

Depatment of Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
Laura Arutyunova

Department of Invertebrates and Soil Zoology, Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydro-Ecology, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
Boris Gasparyan

Department of Armenia’s Early Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia

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Noushig Zarikian, Laura Arutyunova, Boris Gasparyan. The Malacological Evidence of Animal Remains from the Areni-1 Cave, Armenia. Int J Archaeol. 2018;6(1):18-22. doi: 10.11648/j.ija.20180601.13

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