Horses and Humans: the Evolution of Human/Equine Relationships (BAR International Series)

This volume constitutes the proceedings of the Horses and Humans Symposium, held in 2000 at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pennsylvania. The four-day symposium brought together academics from Europe, Asia and America from the disciplines of archaeology, art history, history, paleontology, biology, veterinary medicine, animal husbandry and other fields. Last Horses And First Humans In North America / S. David Webb And C. Andrew Hemmings -- Horses Hunting In Central Europe At The End Of The Pleistocene / Dixie West -- Juggling With Indices : A Review Of The Evidence And Interpretations Regarding Upper Palaeolithic Horse Skeletal Part Abundance / Alan K. Outram -- Human-horse Relations Using Paleolithic Art : Pleistocene Horses Drawn From Life / R. Dale Guthrie -- Early Horse Domestication : Weighing The Evidence / Sandra L. Olsen -- The Equid Remains From Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Central Anatolia : A Preliminary Report / Louise Martin And Nerissa Russell -- The Human-horse Relationship On The European-asian Border In The Neolithic And Early Iron Age / Pavel A. Kosintsev -- Early Horseback Riding And Warfare : The Importance Of The Magpie Around The Neck / David W. Anthony, Dorcas R. Brown And Christian George -- Cimmerian Bridles : Progress In Cavalry Technology? / Ute Luise Dietz -- Horse Control And The Bit / Gail Brownrigg -- The Chariot In The Bronze Age Funerary Rites Of The Eurasian Steppes / E.a. Cherlenok -- The Evolution Of The Chariot / Karlene Jones-bley -- Late Prehistoric Exploitation Of Horses In Central Germany And Neighboring Areas-the Archaeozoological Record / Norbert Benecke -- The Neolithic Human Impact And Wild Horses In Germany And Switzerland : Horse Size Variability And The Chrono-ecological Context / Karlheinz Steppan -- The Social And Economic Context For Domestic Horse Origins In Southeastern Europe : A View From Ljuljaci In The Central Balkans / Haskel J. Greenfield -- Problems And Possibilities In Reconstructing Scandinavian Saddles Of The Migration Period / Ulrike Mayer-kuester -- Mythological Treatment Of The Horse In Indo-european Culture / Elena E. Kuzmina -- The Stature Of Horses In Armenian Bronze And Early Iron Age Burials / Ninna H. Manaseryan -- Horse Husbandry Among Early Iron Age Trans-ural Societies / Ludmila N. Koryakova And Bryan K. Hanks -- The Khan's Mule : Attitudes Toward A Forgotten Animal / László Bartosiewicz And Márton Gyöngyössy -- Imaging The Horse In Early China : From The Table To The Stable / Katheryn M. Linduff -- Iron Age Harness Fittings Along The Silk Route / Trudy S. Kawami -- Windhorses And Dharma Warriors : The Religious, Historical, And Cultural Relevance Of Horse Protection Rituals In Mustang, Nepal / Sienna Craig -- Tibetan 'horse Books' From The High Himalayas / Petra Maurer And Angela Von Den Driesch -- The Horse As Technology : The City Animal As Cyborg / Clay Mcshane And Joel A. Tarr. Edited By Sandra L. Olsen ... [et Al.]. Papers Originally Presented At The Horses And Humans Symposium Held In 2000 At The Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Powdermill Nature Preserve, In Rector, Pa. Dedicated To ... Mary Aiken Littauer ... And ... Ingrid Rea --p. [i]. Includes Bibliographical References. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOREWORD LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Part I LAST HORSES AND FIRST HUMANS IN NORTH AMERICA HORSE HUNTING IN CENTRAL EUROPE AT THE END OF THE PLEISTOCENE JUGGLING WITH INDICES: A REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE AND INTERPRETATIONS REGARDING UPPER PALAEOLITHIC HORSE SKELETAL PART ABUNDANCE HUMAN-HORSE RELATIONS USING PALEOLITHIC ART: PLEISTOCENE HORSES DRAWN FROM LIFE Part II EARLY HORSE DOMESTICATION: WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE THE EQUID REMAINS FROM NEOLITHIC ÇATALHÖYÜK, CENTRAL ANATOLIA: A PRELIMINARY REPORT THE HUMAN–HORSE RELATIONSHIP ON THE EUROPEAN–ASIAN BORDER IN THE NEOLITHIC AND EARLY IRON AGE EARLY HORSEBACK RIDING AND WARFARE: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MAGPIE AROUND THE NECK “CIMMERIAN” BRIDLES: PROGRESS IN CAVALRY TECHNOLOGY? HORSE CONTROL AND THE BIT THE CHARIOT IN BRONZE AGE FUNERARY RITES OF THE EURASIAN STEPPES THE EVOLUTION OF THE CHARIOT Part III LATE PREHISTORIC EXPLOITATION OF HORSES IN CENTRAL GERMANY AND NEIGHBORING AREAS: THE ARCHAEOZOOLOGICAL RECORD THE NEOLITHIC HUMAN IMPACT ONWILD HORSES IN GERMANY AND SWITZERLAND: HORSE SIZE VARIABILITY AND THE CHRONO-ECOLOGICAL CONTEXT THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONTEXT FOR DOMESTIC HORSE ORIGINS IN SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: A VIEW FROM LJULJACI IN THE CENTRAL BALKANS PROBLEMS AND POSSIBILITIES IN RECONSTRUCTING SCANDINAVIAN SADDLES OF THE MIGRATION PERIOD MYTHOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF THE HORSE IN INDO-EUROPEAN CULTURE THE STATURE OF HORSES IN ARMENIAN BRONZE AND EARLY IRON AGE BURIALS HORSE HUSBANDRY AMONG EARLY IRON AGE TRANS-URAL SOCIETIES THE KHAN’S MULE: ATTITUDES TOWARD A FORGOTTEN ANIMAL Part IV IMAGING THE HORSE IN EARLY CHINA: FROM THE TABLE TO THE STABLE IRON AGE HARNESS FITTINGS ALONG THE SILK ROUTE WINDHORSES AND DHARMAWARRIORS: THE RELIGIOUS, HISTORICAL, AND CULTURAL RELEVANCE OF HORSE PROTECTION RITUALS IN MUSTANG, NEPAL TIBETAN ‘HORSE BOOKS’ FROM THE HIGH HIMALAYAS Part V THE HORSE AS TECHNOLOGY – THE CITY ANIMAL AS CYBORG Horses and Humans( The Evolution of Human/Equine Relationships) Paperback SandraL.Olsen BritishArchaeologicalReports