Dog Burial (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Dog Burial

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A ritual burial of two dogs at a site in Illinois near St. Louis suggests a special relationship between humans and dogs at this location and time (660 to 1,350 years ago).

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Photo courtesy Illinois State Archaeological Survey.

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Photo courtesy Illinois State Archaeological Survey, Prairie Research Institute.

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