Erika Rosengren
Antikvarie
The Iron Age Horse
Författare
Redaktör
- Charlotte Fabech
- Ulf Näsman
Summary, in English
It is possible to infer that the horses do not seem to have expressed much phenotypic variation. The horses were around 120-140 cm over the withers and most were black, bay or chestnut in colour. Genetically. modern Nordic horses show abundant diversity both among and within horse breeds, possibly reflecting a bias toward the trading of females already in ancient times.
In contrast, local stallions seem to have been highly valued and preferred over imported ones, based on the autochthonous paternal lineages exhibited by the same breeds.
At some point in time, an influx of genes from eastern horse populations occurred, possibly mirroring the eastern influences seen in other categories archaeological material, but this may also be of an earlier or later date.
Avdelning/ar
- Historiska museet
Publiceringsår
2017
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
195-201
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Jutland Archaeological Publications
Volym
99
Dokumenttyp
Del av eller Kapitel i bok
Förlag
Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Ämne
- Archaeology
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0107-2854
- ISBN: 978-87-93423-15-2