The Secondary Products Revolution, Horse-Riding, and Mounted Warfare

Journal of World Prehistory

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-160

  Anthony, David W ^a   Brown, Dorcas R ^a  

^a HARTWICK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bit wear; Horse domestication; Horses in warfare

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DOMESTICATION; HORSE; PASTORALISM; PRODUCTIVITY; SHEEP;

EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

BOS; EQUIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 80052030306     PISSN: 08927537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10963-011-9051-9     Document Type: Review

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