The origins of saddles and riding technology in East Asia: discoveries from the Mongolian Altai

Innovations in horse equipment during the early Middle Ages provided advantages to societies from the steppes, reshaping the social landscape of Eurasia. Comparatively little is known about the precise origin of these crucial advances, although the available evidence points to early adoption in East...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Antiquity 2024-02, Vol.98 (397), p.102-118
Hauptverfasser: Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav, Turbat, Tsagaan, Bayandelger, Chinbold, Tuvshinjargal, Tumurbaatar, Wang, Juan, Chechushkov, Igor, Uetsuki, Manabu, Isahaya, Naoto, Hudson, Mark, Shiraishi, Noriyuki, Li, Yue, Zhang, Chengrui, Eregzen, Gelegdorj, Caspari, Gino, López-Calle, Paula, Conver, Joshua L., Tressières, Gaëtan, Chauvey, Lorelei, Birgel, Julie, Erdene-Ochir, Nasan-Ochir, Bemmann, Jan, Hodgins, Gregory, Richter, Kristine K., Orlando, Ludovic, Warinner, Christina, Taylor, William Timothy Treal
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Innovations in horse equipment during the early Middle Ages provided advantages to societies from the steppes, reshaping the social landscape of Eurasia. Comparatively little is known about the precise origin of these crucial advances, although the available evidence points to early adoption in East Asia. The authors present new archaeological discoveries from western and northern Mongolia, dating to the fourth and fifth centuries AD, including a wooden frame saddle with horse hide components from Urd Ulaan Uneet and an iron stirrup from Khukh Nuur. Together, these finds suggest that Mongolian groups were early adopters of stirrups and saddles, facilitating the expansion of nomadic hegemony across Eurasia and shaping the conduct of medieval mounted warfare.
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.15184/aqy.2023.172