TWO METATARSAL BONES FROM MRAČNA PEĆINA CAVE IN THE PRAČA CANYON. Cover Image

DVIJE METATARZALNE KOSTI IZ MRAČNE PEĆINE U KANJONU PRAČE.
TWO METATARSAL BONES FROM MRAČNA PEĆINA CAVE IN THE PRAČA CANYON.

Author(s): Ersan Tiganj, Jasminko Mulaomerović
Subject(s): Archaeology, Physical Geopgraphy, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Centar za krš i speleologiju
Keywords: Cave bear Ursus spelaeus; metatarsal bones; Mračna pećina cave; Bosnia and Herzegovina;

Summary/Abstract: During the speleological researches in Mračna pećina cave in the canyon of the river Prača, in the already excavated probe, two different metatarsal bones of the cave bear Ursus spelaeus were found. A modest morphometric analysis showed that it was two animals and determined their position in the variation range of cave bears from our regions.

  • Issue Year: XXXVII/2017
  • Issue No: 50
  • Page Range: 66-68
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: Bosnian