The discovery of macaque burial at the Bronze Age settlement of Shahr-i Sokta (Iran) shed new light on the exploitation of monkeys in antiquity. The young rhesus macaque – around 5 years old at death – was buried in the necropolis according to the same funerary practices used for human infants. Of particular interest is that both femurs were pathological, due to a sort of dystrophic calcification of the tendon or muscle insertion that may suggest the macaque was kept in captivity and may have died due to physical stress.
Preliminary Results of the Study of Animal Remains from the Site of Shahr-i Sokhta, Iran: New Research / Minniti, Claudia. - (2022), pp. 555-568.
Preliminary Results of the Study of Animal Remains from the Site of Shahr-i Sokhta, Iran: New Research
Claudia Minniti
2022
Abstract
The discovery of macaque burial at the Bronze Age settlement of Shahr-i Sokta (Iran) shed new light on the exploitation of monkeys in antiquity. The young rhesus macaque – around 5 years old at death – was buried in the necropolis according to the same funerary practices used for human infants. Of particular interest is that both femurs were pathological, due to a sort of dystrophic calcification of the tendon or muscle insertion that may suggest the macaque was kept in captivity and may have died due to physical stress.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
