Horses for the dead: funerary foodways in Bronze Age Kazakhstan
Alan K. OutramDepartment of Archaeology, University of Exeter, Laver Building, North Park Road, Exeter, EX4 4QE, UKNatalie A. StearSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UKAlexei KasparovDepartment of Archaeology, University of Exeter, Laver Building, North Park Road, Exeter, EX4 4QE, UKEmma UsmanovaSariarka Archaeological Institute, Karaganda State University named after EA Buketov, Karaganda 100028, KazakhstanVictor VarfolomeevSariarka Archaeological Institute, Karaganda State University named after EA Buketov, Karaganda 100028, KazakhstanRichard P. EvershedSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK
2011en
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Abstract
The authors examine the role of horses as expressed in assemblages from settlement sites and cemeteries between the Eneolithic and the Bronze Age in Kazakhstan. In this land, known for its rich association with horses, the skeletal evidence appears to indicate a fading of ritual interest. But that's not the whole story, and once again micro-archaeology reveals the true balance. The horses are present at the funeral, but now as meat for the pot, detected in bone fragments and lipids in the pot walls.
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