Areni-1 Cave

Abstract:- The cave site Areni-1, located in south-eastern Armenia, which has been excavated during 2007-2013, yielded rich assemblages of micromammal remains from the Late Chalcolithic and Medieval sequences. In this research the tooth remains of found micromammals are reported.The tooth remains belong to (3) orders including; 1) Order Rodentia: fam. Muridae, fam. Cricetidae, fam. Gerbillidae, fam. Arvicolidae, fam. Dipodidae, fam. Soricidae and fam. Sciuridae. 2) Order Lagomorpha: fam. Ochotonidae 3) Order Chiroptera.Presented research in based on morphologic and morphometric methods using modern comparative neontological specimens of the osteological collection in NAS RA Institute of Zoology.Based on this study, paleoenvironmental aspects in Areni have been discussed, showing that the environmental interpretations drawn from the Areni-1 cave rodents are based on the use of modern analogues and the assumption that ecological requirements and/or behavior have remained constant for both the rodents and the accumulating agency.