The spirited horse : equid-human relations in the Bronze Age Near East
| 1. Verfasser: |
Recht, Laerke
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
New York:
Bloomsbury Academic,
2022.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xviii, 236 pages illustrations, maps; 24 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Ancient environments
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ISSN: 9781350158924 ISSN: 9781350158931 |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction
- 1. Equid Species: Spirited Horses, Stubborn Donkeys and Vigorous Hybrids
- 2. Beginnings, History, and Distribution
- 3. Equids Changing History I: Caravans and Transport of Goods
- 4. Equids Changing History II: Chariots and Traction
- 5. Riding
- 6. Management of Equids, or, How to Keep a Human
- 7. Honourable and Dishonourable Deaths
- 8. Equid
- Human Relations and Equid Agency
- Conclusions
- Appendices A
- Glossary of terms (modern), with diagrams
- B
- Faunal identification of equid species
- C
- Ancient terminology related to equids
- D
- Physical attributes according to species
- E
- Estimation of wither height based on faunal remains
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
