Prehistoric steppe adaptation and the horse
By: edited by Marsha Levine, Colin Renfrew & Katie Boyle.
Contributors: Levine, Marsha; Renfrew, Colin, 1937-; Boyle, Katherine V.; McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
Series: McDonald Institute monographs
Publisher: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
Subjects: Horses -- Eurasia -- History.; Pastoral systems, Prehistoric -- Eurasia.; Steppe ecology -- Eurasia.
Description: "The domestication of the horse was one of the most significant events in the development of human societies, ushering in new modes transport and warfare and generating social and political change. This volume seeks to examine the origins of horse husbandry and pastoralism - especially nomadic pastoralism - in the Eurasian steppe. In bringing together archaeologists and archaeozoologists from Asia, Europe, and North America it provides a wide-ranging overview of issues and evidence for the development of Central European societies from the Neolithic to the Iron Age. Much of the material is here made available in English for the first time. The issues surrounding the domestication of the horse are set firmly within the broader context of steppe ecology and human subsistence, and with the development of pastoral economies across this crucial geographical zone."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Papers from a symposium, Late Prehistoric Exploitation of the Eurasian Steppe, Cambridge University, January 2000.