ACBS 160D1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 41: Eurasian Steppe, Horse Meat, Wild Horse
24 Nov 2016
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Paleolithic (~20,000 ybp) site of solutre in france. Hunter-gatherer horse kill site (cul-de-sac) for thousands of years. More than 80,000 horses killed there before 18,000 ybp. Horse meat high in polyunsaturated fats (in cold climate, people consume a lot of fat) Micro-tooth analysis shows horses killed during spring-summer-autumn. Because they wanted to stock up for winter when it"s too cold. Either pushed them all off or lead them to their death. Solutrean spear points and blades are very symmetrical and good quality. Dated to a time way before domestication. Directed pathway (though it was a prey animal) Earliest evidence of domestication around ~6,000 ybp. Pre domestication (pack animal use, meat for food, etc. Came from temperate grasslands, and that"s where they reside and see the first evidence of domestication. This has people on it (hunter-gatherers, nomads, pastoralists) Thats where you find the wild horses. Horses tend to be more common in areas of cold winters with high precipitation.
