A Sniff Back in Time: Cadaver Dogs to Archeological Dogs

Croatia’s Velebit Mountain Range is an arid area perfect for archeological digs. But, when a fierce wind known as “Bora” comes, the steep terrain can freeze at midday. This phenomenon makes it hard for archeologists like Vedrana Glavaš to dig and track prehistoric remains.

Glavaš, from the Croatian University of Zadar, along with her team was working on the Velebit Mountain when they discovered areas of a 3,000-year-old fort and necropolis. This is where Glavaš teamed up with Andrea Pintar, a dog trainer. Pintar’s services were essential to the dig because she and her company Canine Caffe has been training dogs to sniff out cadavers.

“We both wondered how far back in time her dogs could smell,” said Glavaš.

Source: The Atlantic

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