The problem of horse domestication. Selected issues

• Authors: Weronika Skrzyniecka

Title variants

PL

Problematyka domestykacji konia. Wybrane zagadnienia

• Languages of publication: EN PL

Abstracts

EN

The main goal of this paper is to discuss the current state of research on horse domestication in prehistory by using selected evidence. This article refers to the steppe origin of horse domestication. Recently, the debate on this problem concerns not only archaeological aspects but also specialist analyses, such as archaeozoology or genetics. The interdisciplinary character of the problems explored in this article creates significant research possibilities, especially with regard to the of origins and dating of horse domestication. All of these issues are still open for debate among archaeologists.

Keywords

EN

horse; domestication; Eurasian Steppe; archaeozoological evidence; genetic evidence; Botai culture

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Rzeszowski. Instytut Archeologii Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego. Muzeum Okręgowe w Rzeszowie
• Journal: Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 9
• Pages: 299–325

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

author

Weronika Skrzyniecka

• Institute of Prehistory, Adam Mickiewicz University, Św. Marcin 78 st., 61-809 Poznań, Poland