Author/Editor		Toškan, Borut
Title		Prazgodovinska pasja lobanja z Ljubljanskega barja
Translated title		Prehistoric dog skull from Ljubljansko barje
Type		članek
Source		Proteus
Vol. and No.		Letnik 64, št. 7
Publication year		2002
Volume		str. 311-5
Language		slo
Abstract		A dog (Canis familiaris) skull was found during the excavations at the archaeological site of Hočevarica in Ljubljansko barje (central Slovenia). Its age was estimated to approximately 5,600 B.C. (i.e. bronze age). In that period Ljubljansko barje was a lake inhabited by lake-dwellers. The skull, which is partially damaged, is in its shape similar to those of nowadays hounds. The oldest archaeological remains of dogs are known from Great Britain (9,500 B.C.), Iran (11,000 B.C.) and Germany (12.000 B.C.), but the latest genetic research suggests, that the domestication dates to early man (i.e. approx. 100.000 B.C.).
Descriptors		SKULL DOGS PALEODONTOLOGY