Do the clothes make the horse?1 relationality, roles and statuses in Iron age inner Asia

World Archaeology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-174

  Argent, Gala ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Human horse relationality; Iron Age; Pazyryk

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; HORSE; IRON AGE; MATERIAL CULTURE; SOCIAL HISTORY; SYMBOLISM;

ASIA;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 77951720940     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438241003672633     Document Type: Article

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