Post by UKarchaeology on Nov 11, 2015 15:27:38 GMT
5,000 year old site used for fish processing but also rituals which remain a 'huge mystery' involving wolverines and ermine.
The find in Novosibirsk region has left archeologists with many questions, since some animals kept alive in two metre-deep pits at the smokehouse were not at the time native to this area. Excavations in the summer found the ancient smokehouse, along with bone and stone tools.
Fish was processed by putting it in pits in the red-coloured ground to give it a 'special smell'. The smokehouse was uncovered at Tartas-1 site in Vengerovo district where experts have been studying burials and other ritual facilities for over 10 years.
Full story & pics: siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/n0479-fancy-some-neolithic-smoked-fish/