The Spirited Horse : Equid-Human Relations in the Bronze Age Near East (Ancient Environments)

Recht, Laerke

Bloomsbury Academic（2023/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 264 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781350274310
• DDC分類 636.109394

Full Description

Presenting a new perspective on human-animal relations in the ancient Near East, this volume considers how we should understand equids (horses, donkeys, onagers and various hybrids) as animals that are social actors. Recht brings together a wealth of new data, including Bronze Age Near Eastern material culture from a range of archaeological contexts with equid remains as well as iconography and texts. She looks in particular at finds of equids themselves from burials, sacred space and settlements alongside associated artefacts such as chariots and harnesses.

This is the first time the agency of animals is recognized. The study is essential reading for prehistorians, archaeologists and those studying early animal domestication, showcasing how humans encounter and interact with other animals, and how those animals in turn interact with humans. Recht outlines the broader implications for human involvement with their environment, both today and in the past, and points to further study in a number of focused appendices.

Contents

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Equid Species: Spirited Horses, Stoic Donkeys and Vigorous Hybrids
2. Beginnings, History, and Distribution
3. Equids Changing History I: Caravans and Transport of Goods
4. Equids Changing History II: Chariots and Traction
5. Joint Journeys: Equids Carrying Humans
6. Management of Equids: Or How to Keep a Human
7. Honourable and Dishonourable Deaths
8. Equid-Human Relations and Equid Agency

Conclusion

Appendices
A - Glossary of terms (modern)

Notes
Bibliography
Index