4 thousand year old paw prints were found in Tavşanlı Höyük excavations

Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy stated that during the excavations in Kütahya, they found traces left by an animal with paws on the adobe brick that had not yet dried, and said:

"This adobe, found in the rubble of a building destroyed by fire in the Bronze Age, was once on the wall of the house. The paw prints on it preserved a small moment of daily life 4 thousand years ago. In Tavşanlı Höyük, one of the largest Bronze Age cities in Western Anatolia, we unearth not only structures and artifacts, but also such small and unexpected traces of life. We would like to thank our Head of Excavations, Prof. Dr. Erkan Fidan, who has been carrying out the work since 2021. and I thank our excavation team."

In the statement made by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on the subject, it was stated that the adobe bricks prepared by mixing soil, water and straw and pouring them into molds were dried in the sun and turned into building material, and the paw prints of the dog passing over the example in Tavşanlı Höyük before it dried remained on the surface as the adobe hardened.

It was stated in the statement that the adobe used on the wall of the house was left in the rubble after the Bronze Age building was destroyed by fire, and that the find found during the excavations presented a concrete trace of daily life in the settlement.

According to the statement, Prof. Dr. Excavations carried out since 2021 under the direction of Erkan Fidan reveal the architecture and archaeological findings of Tavşanlı Höyük, one of the largest Bronze Age cities in Western Anatolia.

The paw prints on the adobe show that these works documented small and unexpected details of daily life in the city approximately 4 thousand years ago, as well as buildings and artifacts.

Source: TRT Haber Açık RSS (Gündem) (Open Press / Translated Full Text)