Eurasian Steppe Chariots and Social Complexity During the Bronze Age

Chechushkov, Igor V.; Epimakhov, Andrey

doi:10.1007/s10963-018-9124-0

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Section: Horse Domestication and The Beginning Of Horse Ridingmentioning

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“…Wheeled means of transportation began to appear in the Eurasian steppes between 5600 and 4300 BP [30,31]. It is widely accepted that first draft animals belonged to the bovine family and there is no evidence of draft horses being used at that time [31]. The first undeniable evidence of horse-powered transportation-light, two-wheeled chariots-comes from the Sintashta-Petrovka archeological site, and dates to c. 4100-3700 BP [30][31][32][33][34].…”

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From the Eurasian Steppes to the Roman Circuses: A Review of Early Development of Horse Breeding and Management

Klecel

Martyniuk

2021

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The domestication of the horse began about 5500 years ago in the Eurasian steppes. In the following millennia horses spread across the ancient world, and their role in transportation and warfare affected every ancient culture. Ownership of horses became an indicator of wealth and social status. The importance of horses led to a growing interest in their breeding and management. Many phenotypic traits, such as height, behavior, and speed potential, have been proven to be a subject of selection; however, the details of ancient breeding practices remain mostly unknown. From the fourth millennium BP, through the Iron Age, many literature sources thoroughly describe horse training systems, as well as various aspects of husbandry, many of which are still in use today. The striking resemblance of ancient and modern equine practices leaves us wondering how much was accomplished through four thousand years of horse breeding.

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Section: Horse Domestication and The Beginning Of Horse Ridingmentioning

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From the Eurasian Steppes to the Roman Circuses: A Review of Early Development of Horse Breeding and Management

Klecel

Martyniuk

2021

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“…Domestic horses definitely used for transport are found in Sintashta burials dated roughly ca. 2000 BCE in the steppes of adjoining areas of southern Russia and northern Kazakhstan [48]. However, domestic horse remains do not unequivocally appear in Mongolia until the mid-second millennium BCE, when have been found as occasional finds in ritual structures described as ‘Chemurchek’ [18].…”

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Radiocarbon dating and cultural dynamics across Mongolia’s early pastoral transition

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The emergence of mobile herding lifeways in Mongolia and eastern Eurasia was one of the most crucial economic and cultural transitions in human prehistory. Understanding the process by which this played out, however, has been impeded by the absence of a precise chronological framework for the prehistoric era in Mongolia. One rare source of empirically dateable material useful for understanding eastern Eurasia’s pastoral tradition comes from the stone burial mounds and monumental constructions that began to appear across the landscape of Mongolia and adjacent regions during the Bronze Age (ca. 3000–700 BCE). Here, along with presenting 28 new radiocarbon dates from Mongolia’s earliest pastoral monumental burials, we synthesise, critically analyse, and model existing dates to present the first precision Bayesian radiocarbon model for the emergence and geographic spread of Bronze Age monument and burial forms. Model results demonstrate a cultural succession between ambiguously dated Afanasievo, Chemurchek, and Munkhkhairkhan traditions. Geographic patterning reveals the existence of important cultural frontiers during the second millennium BCE. This work demonstrates the utility of a Bayesian approach for investigating prehistoric cultural dynamics during the emergence of pastoral economies.

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“…For the Bronze Age, the very famous examples from the Pontic Caspian steppe or Kazakhstan (Anthony 2007;and e.g. Cherlenock 2006;Kuznetsov 2006;Outram et al 2011;Chechushkov & Epimakhov 2018), and their large number, reveal the important role that the cart has played in Eurasian steppe societies and their very common involvement in funeral practices. In Mongolia, there have been no discoveries of wheeled vehicles in graves dating to the Bronze Age.…”

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Customs, rites, and sacrifices relating to a mortuary complex in Late Bronze Age Mongolia (Tsatsyn Ereg, Arkhangai)

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Eurasian Steppe Chariots and Social Complexity During the Bronze Age

Cited by 32 publications

References 25 publications

From the Eurasian Steppes to the Roman Circuses: A Review of Early Development of Horse Breeding and Management

From the Eurasian Steppes to the Roman Circuses: A Review of Early Development of Horse Breeding and Management

Radiocarbon dating and cultural dynamics across Mongolia’s early pastoral transition

Customs, rites, and sacrifices relating to a mortuary complex in Late Bronze Age Mongolia (Tsatsyn Ereg, Arkhangai)

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