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Horse head sceptres: first images of yolked horses

Journal of Indo-European studies • 22 (2 & 3) • Published In 1994 • Pages: 221-249

By: Gheorghiu, Dragos.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

Gheorghiu uses zoomorphic statuettes (such as horse-head scepters) and ceramic designs to show that horses and cattle were domesticated and yoked in the 5th-4th millennium B.C. The art work also shows that different types of harnesses and yokes were used. Gheorghiu also shows that dogs and horses were probably used together to hunt and to herd. Lastly, these images may be related to horse and dog sacrifices.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Domesticated animals

Animal transport

Vehicles

Visual arts

traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Southeastern Europe Late Chalcolithic

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

2002

RegionThe area the document pertains to

Europe

Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region

Southeastern Europe

Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs

article

Evaluation

Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Archaeologist

Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.

4: Excellent Secondary Data

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

Sarah Berry ; 2001

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

no date

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

Eneolithic Period

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

southeast Europe; Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Ukraine

NotesAdditional notes

Dragos Gheorghiu

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-249)

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

73642748

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Copper Age--Europe, eastern