Topic:Archaeology
The study of archaeology and horses explores the historical and cultural significance of equines in human societies through material remains and artifacts. It investigates how horses have been utilized in various aspects of life, such as transportation, agriculture, warfare, and trade. Archaeological research in this area often involves the analysis of skeletal remains, tools, art, and other artifacts that provide insights into the domestication, breeding, and management of horses throughout history. This topic includes examinations of burial sites, ancient texts, and iconography that reflect the roles horses played in different civilizations. This page compiles peer-reviewed research studies and scholarly articles that analyze the archaeological evidence and interpretations related to the historical interactions between humans and horses.
[On the origin of the horseshoe. A preliminary report (author’s transl)]. The question of the origin of the horse-shoe is reconsidered and China is pointed out as the site of origin. The theory is put forward that the Mongolian people living north of China and having constant fights with the Chinese have learnt the horseshoes with nails from the Chinese and that the Huns on their travel westwards have brought this type of horseshoe to Europa. The theory is substantiated from authoritative sources. The Chinese ministry of agriculture and forestry has given the information that horseshoes with nails have been used here for more than 2000 years. The possibility exists ...
Earliest Radiocarbon Dates for Domesticated Animals: Europe is added to the Near East as another early center of domestication. Our dates show that cattle and pigs were first domesticated in Europe. Sheep, which were thought to have become extinct in Europe during the terminal Pleistocene, also appear first in Europe. However, there remains little doubt that sheep were first domesticated in the Near East or Turkey, since no wild sheep appear to have existed in Europe at the beginning of the Holocene. Dogs were domesticated in both the Near East and Europe at virtually the same time. In the Near East, Asiab, at around 8000 B.C., qualifies as the first center of goat domestication. It is also the earliest center of domes...
Paleocene hyracothere from polecat bench formation, wyoming. A lower jaw of an eohippus (Hyracotherium cf. H. angustidens) from late Paleocene strata in Wyoming has extended the geological record of fossil horses into pre-Eocene time and suggests that the order Perissodactyla had an origin earlier than that heretofore conjectured. This specimen, together with equid teeth also possibly of late Paleocene age from Baja California, indicates that early perissodactyls were widespread on the North American continent before the Eocene epoch. Late Paleocene and early Eocene deposits of northwestern Wyoming have yielded many vertebrate rarities and "first or ear...