“…In many cemeteries, horses were buried separately from humans (9,18,20), whereas there are many examples of horses with overlain human cremations, known as double-layer cremations or Aschenplätze (11,21,22). Horses can be buried with (23)(24)(25) or without (9,26) riding equipment. Interment may have involved ancillary rituals with evidence for grave-side hearths (20) and the deposition of charred plants or charcoal from funerary pyres (27).…”