Armenia
Sand Origin
Arteni, Aragatsotn
Perlite deposit
Local Sand Trivia
Not only one of the world’s oldest wineries but also the oldest leather shoe and the oldest human brain is found in a Cave Complex in Armenia. Analysis of size and surface of sand grains, showing wind-shaped sand originating far away, give clues to dating it all. Artefacts include a feet-stomping wine press, fermentation and storage vessels, and cups. Clay pots with skulls of children inside suggests that the winemaking, dating 6 000 years back, was connected to some sort of ritual.
