Archäologische Untersuchungen zum Pferd in der frühen und mittleren Bronzezeit Zentraleuropas
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2023
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1., Aufl.
VML Vlg Marie Leidorf (Verlag)
978-3-89646-800-0 (ISBN)
VML Vlg Marie Leidorf (Verlag)
978-3-89646-800-0 (ISBN)
Die Studie „Archäologische Untersuchungen zum Pferd in der frühen und mittleren Bronzezeit Zentraleuropas“ geht den Anfängen der besonderen Beziehung zwischen Menschen und Hauspferden in Zentraleuropa aus archäologischer Perspektive auf den Grund und untersucht dabei die gesellschaftlichen, ökonomischen und soziokulturellen Veränderungen, die aus Pferdehaltung und Pferdenutzung und den damit verbundenen gesellschaftlichen Vorstellungen folgten. Auf einer weiteren Ebene beschäftigt sich die Untersuchung mit der Forschungsgeschichte dieses mit bestimmten Prämissen aufgeladenen Themas sowie dem theoretischen und methodischen Umgang mit archäologischen Quellen. Dabei werden zahlreiche Forschungskontroversen beleuchtet und auf Grundlage des untersuchten Materials neu bewertet. Die Studie legt zunächst eine umfassende Bestandsaufnahme der Quellen zu frühbronzezeitlichen und mittelbronzezeitlichen Pferden [2200–1300 v.Chr.] zwischen Südskandinavien und den Karpaten vor und analysiert deren Aussagekraft, wobei Lücken im Quellenbild betont offengelegt werden. Anhand von archäozoologischen Resten, Realien, die auf die Nutzung von Pferden hinweisen und Bildern von Pferden sowie pferdebezogenen Artefakten, wie etwa Speichenrädern, werden Hauspferde, ihre früheste Haltung, Nutzung und ihre gesellschaftlichen Zuschreibungen untersucht. Im Analyseteil der Studie wird zunächst der praktische Bereich der bronzezeitlichen Pferdehaltung untersucht, der bislang ein Forschungsdesiderat darstellt. Außerdem wird die Nutzung von Equiden anhand von drei Themenbereichen betrachtet: Pferde als Nahrungsmittel und Rohstoffe, Pferde und Mobilität sowie Pferde und Krieg. Schließlich werden soziale Zuschreibungen zu Hauspferden untersucht und zwar anhand der Frage nach Pferden als Prestigeobjekte sowie Pferden in religiösen Kontexten. Insbesondere im Zusammenhang mit der Nutzung und den Zuschreibungen zu Pferden können einige lange kontrovers diskutierte Thesen kritisch überprüft werden, wie etwa die die Frage nach dem frühen Reiten auf Pferden [und häufig damit verbundenen Annahmen, wie der Verbreitung von Sachgut und Sprache durch umfassende Migrationen zu Pferd], ebenso wie die vermeintlich große Bedeutung von Pferden innerhalb früh- und mittelbronzezeitlicher Konflikte und als Tiere postulierter Eliten in der Bronzezeit. An vielen Stellen der Studie wird deutlich, dass zahlreichen Interpretationen im Zusammenhang mit Pferden ähnliche Mechanismen zugrunde zu liegen: Einerseits spielen Rückprojektionen aus späteren Zeiten eine Rolle, andererseits orientieren sich Teile der Forschung an bestimmten vorgefertigten Narrativen. Zu diesem einseitigen Blick auf die Vergangenheit möchte die vorliegende Untersuchung einen Gegenentwurf vorlegen. Insgesamt bietet das Buch einen umfassenden Einblick in Bereiche der wirtschaftlichen, soziokulturellen, profanen und religiösen Rolle von Pferden in der frühen und mittleren Bronzezeit in Zentraleuropa.
The volume “The horse in the Early and Middle Bronze Age of central Europe: archaeological investigations” traces the beginnings of the special relationship between humans and domesticated horses in central Europe from an archaeological perspective, outlining the social, economic and socio-cultural changes resulting from the keeping and utilisation of horses and the associated social ideas. At a broader level, this study investigates the research history of this topic, loaded as it is with certain assumptions, as well as theoretical and methodological approaches to the archaeological sources. Along the way, numerous controversies are elucidated and assessed anew based on the material studied. The volume begins with a comprehensive survey of the sources for Early and Middle Bronze Age horses [2200–1300 B.C.] between southern Scandinavia and the Carpathians and then analyses their explanatory power, with particular and explicit attention to gaps in the evidence. Using archaeozoological remains, evidence indicating the use of horses, images of horses and horse-related artefacts, such as spoked wheels, domesticated horses are investigated in terms of their earliest keeping, use and social attributions. The analysis section begins with the practicalities of Bronze Age horse keeping, which is a gap in previous research. In addition, the use of equids is looked at from three different perspectives: horses as food and raw material, horses and mobility, and horses and warfare. Finally, the social attributions of horses are investigated based on the themes of horses as prestige objects and horses in a religious context. In particular regarding the uses and attributions of horses, several long-discussed and controversial topics can be critically reflected, such as the question of the early riding of horses [and frequent assumptions connected to this, such as the spread of material culture and language via long-distance migrations on horseback], as well as the allegedly central importance of horses in Early and Middle Bronze Age conflicts and of horses as animals for postulated Bronze Age elites. At many points in the study, it becomes clear that numerous interpretations connected to horses are based on similar mechanisms: on the one hand, back-projections from later periods play a certain role, while on the other hand parts of research are oriented along specific, ready-made narratives. The present study seeks to sketch a counter-narrative to this one-sided view of the past. Overall, the volume offers a comprehensive overview of the economic, social, socio-cultural, profane and religious role of horses in the Early and Middle Bronze Age of central Europe. The volume “The horse in the Early and Middle Bronze Age of central Europe: archaeological investigations” traces the beginnings of the special relationship between humans and domesticated horses in central Europe from an archaeological perspective, outlining the social, economic and socio-cultural changes resulting from the keeping and utilisation of horses and the associated social ideas. At a broader level, this study investigates the research history of this topic, loaded as it is with certain assumptions, as well as theoretical and methodological approaches to the archaeological sources. Along the way, numerous controversies are elucidated and assessed anew based on the material studied. The volume begins with a comprehensive survey of the sources for Early and Middle Bronze Age horses [2200–1300 B.C.] between southern Scandinavia and the Carpathians and then analyses their explanatory power, with particular and explicit attention to gaps in the evidence. Using archaeozoological remains, evidence indicating the use of horses, images of horses and horse-related artefacts, such as spoked wheels, domesticated horses are investigated in terms of their earliest keeping, use and social attributions. The analysis section begins with the practicalities of Bronze Age horse keeping, which is a gap in previous research. In addition, the use of equids is looked at from three different perspectives: horses as food and raw material, horses and mobility, and horses and warfare. Finally, the social attributions of horses are investigated based on the themes of horses as prestige objects and horses in a religious context. In particular regarding the uses and attributions of horses, several long-discussed and controversial topics can be critically reflected, such as the question of the early riding of horses [and frequent assumptions connected to this, such as the spread of material culture and language via long-distance migrations on horseback], as well as the allegedly central importance of horses in Early and Middle Bronze Age conflicts and of horses as animals for postulated Bronze Age elites. At many points in the study, it becomes clear that numerous interpretations connected to horses are based on similar mechanisms: on the one hand, back-projections from later periods play a certain role, while on the other hand parts of research are oriented along specific, ready-made narratives. The present study seeks to sketch a counter-narrative to this one-sided view of the past. Overall, the volume offers a comprehensive overview of the economic, social, socio-cultural, profane and religious role of horses in the Early and Middle Bronze Age of central Europe.
The volume “The horse in the Early and Middle Bronze Age of central Europe: archaeological investigations” traces the beginnings of the special relationship between humans and domesticated horses in central Europe from an archaeological perspective, outlining the social, economic and socio-cultural changes resulting from the keeping and utilisation of horses and the associated social ideas. At a broader level, this study investigates the research history of this topic, loaded as it is with certain assumptions, as well as theoretical and methodological approaches to the archaeological sources. Along the way, numerous controversies are elucidated and assessed anew based on the material studied. The volume begins with a comprehensive survey of the sources for Early and Middle Bronze Age horses [2200–1300 B.C.] between southern Scandinavia and the Carpathians and then analyses their explanatory power, with particular and explicit attention to gaps in the evidence. Using archaeozoological remains, evidence indicating the use of horses, images of horses and horse-related artefacts, such as spoked wheels, domesticated horses are investigated in terms of their earliest keeping, use and social attributions. The analysis section begins with the practicalities of Bronze Age horse keeping, which is a gap in previous research. In addition, the use of equids is looked at from three different perspectives: horses as food and raw material, horses and mobility, and horses and warfare. Finally, the social attributions of horses are investigated based on the themes of horses as prestige objects and horses in a religious context. In particular regarding the uses and attributions of horses, several long-discussed and controversial topics can be critically reflected, such as the question of the early riding of horses [and frequent assumptions connected to this, such as the spread of material culture and language via long-distance migrations on horseback], as well as the allegedly central importance of horses in Early and Middle Bronze Age conflicts and of horses as animals for postulated Bronze Age elites. At many points in the study, it becomes clear that numerous interpretations connected to horses are based on similar mechanisms: on the one hand, back-projections from later periods play a certain role, while on the other hand parts of research are oriented along specific, ready-made narratives. The present study seeks to sketch a counter-narrative to this one-sided view of the past. Overall, the volume offers a comprehensive overview of the economic, social, socio-cultural, profane and religious role of horses in the Early and Middle Bronze Age of central Europe. The volume “The horse in the Early and Middle Bronze Age of central Europe: archaeological investigations” traces the beginnings of the special relationship between humans and domesticated horses in central Europe from an archaeological perspective, outlining the social, economic and socio-cultural changes resulting from the keeping and utilisation of horses and the associated social ideas. At a broader level, this study investigates the research history of this topic, loaded as it is with certain assumptions, as well as theoretical and methodological approaches to the archaeological sources. Along the way, numerous controversies are elucidated and assessed anew based on the material studied. The volume begins with a comprehensive survey of the sources for Early and Middle Bronze Age horses [2200–1300 B.C.] between southern Scandinavia and the Carpathians and then analyses their explanatory power, with particular and explicit attention to gaps in the evidence. Using archaeozoological remains, evidence indicating the use of horses, images of horses and horse-related artefacts, such as spoked wheels, domesticated horses are investigated in terms of their earliest keeping, use and social attributions. The analysis section begins with the practicalities of Bronze Age horse keeping, which is a gap in previous research. In addition, the use of equids is looked at from three different perspectives: horses as food and raw material, horses and mobility, and horses and warfare. Finally, the social attributions of horses are investigated based on the themes of horses as prestige objects and horses in a religious context. In particular regarding the uses and attributions of horses, several long-discussed and controversial topics can be critically reflected, such as the question of the early riding of horses [and frequent assumptions connected to this, such as the spread of material culture and language via long-distance migrations on horseback], as well as the allegedly central importance of horses in Early and Middle Bronze Age conflicts and of horses as animals for postulated Bronze Age elites. At many points in the study, it becomes clear that numerous interpretations connected to horses are based on similar mechanisms: on the one hand, back-projections from later periods play a certain role, while on the other hand parts of research are oriented along specific, ready-made narratives. The present study seeks to sketch a counter-narrative to this one-sided view of the past. Overall, the volume offers a comprehensive overview of the economic, social, socio-cultural, profane and religious role of horses in the Early and Middle Bronze Age of central Europe.
Erscheinungsdatum | 26.07.2023 |
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Reihe/Serie | Freiburger Archäologische Studien ; 12 |
Verlagsort | Rahden/Westf. |
Sprache | deutsch |
Maße | 210 x 298 mm |
Gewicht | 2280 g |
Einbandart | gebunden |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte | |
Schlagworte | Bronzezeit • Forschungsgeschichte • Pferd |
ISBN-10 | 3-89646-800-6 / 3896468006 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-89646-800-0 / 9783896468000 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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