Archaeologists at the Tavşanlı Höyük site in western Anatolia, Türkiye, have found a clay brick bearing the footprints of a dog that is about 4,000 years old.
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Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, indicated that these remains were discovered during excavations at the Tavşanlı Höyük site in Kütahya, among the ruins of a house that burned down during the Bronze Age. They appear to belong to a dog that ran on soft bricks that were part of the house's wall, and its paw prints have been preserved on the bricks for about 4,000 years.
Clay bricks were a common building material in Anatolia during the Bronze Age. Workers would mix soil, water, and straw, form the bricks, and then leave them to dry in the sun. According to one hypothesis, an animal passed through it while the clay was still soft. When the material dried, its footprints were fixed. The bricks were then used to build the wall of the house and remained there until a fire broke out. The rubble and footprints preserved them to this day.
Since 2021, archaeologists have been studying the history of settlement at the site during the Bronze Age. In 2024, a 3,750-year-old faience cylinder seal was discovered in an archaeological layer dating back to the end of the Assyrian trading colonies. Its discovery indicated the participation of communities from western Anatolia in trade networks that extended to central and eastern Anatolia. Other discoveries include 4,200-year-old hazelnut remains, pottery, metalworking debris, and small owl figurines similar to those found in ancient Troy.
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