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We have the first special depository for
ARCHAEOLOGIC BONE FINDINGS IN ESTONIA
If until now archaeological bone findings have been scattered across the country, then from 2020, all findings will be gathered in one depository – the brand new Tallinn University archaeology-zoology collection.
The new and modern bone depository is locat- ed in Northern Tallinn on Ankru street and this is also where the TU Archaeological Research Collection bone collection is located. The removal of similar collections across Estonia is still to be carried out. Opening the depository is significant for Estonian research history be- cause for the first time the archaeological bone findings get their own depository.
The depository houses nearly 15,000 boxes filled with numerous animal and human bones.
According to Head of TU Archaeological Research Collection, research track associate professor Lembi Lõugas, it is difficult to say the exact number of different bones because there are boxes with a few but also boxes with hun- dreds or even thousands of bones in them.
The oldest and the rarest
The oldest findings in the depository go back nearly 10,700 years. These are animal bones from the country’s oldest human settlement, the current Pulli village grounds.
The oldest findings in the depository go back nearly 10,700 years.
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The depository houses thousands of boxes filled with bones.
Photo: Piret Räni