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The human past is unimaginable without the horse. From our ancestors hunting and painting horses in the Upper Palaeolithic, to the earliest riders, the rise of equestrian empires, and the critical role of horses in war, settler colonialism, and modern state formation, human history is undeniably equestrian. Because of the deep and varied entanglements between people and horses, the study of horses of the past is inherently, and increasingly, interdisciplinary. However, scholars often do not understand the methods or know the research outside of their discipline. This book corrals a herd of specialist authors from seventeen countries that explain their disciplinary approaches and provide case studies of human-horse relationships in the past, including archaeology, history, classics, art history, literature, and veterinary medicine. This ground-covering volume overviews key methods, theory, period, and area studies. Aimed at scholars wanting to understand and incorporate research outside of their speciality, or those who wish to undertake collaborative projects, it is also designed as a starting point for students and non-specialists to pursue the study of horses in the past.

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Foreword Alan Outram Introduction Katherine Kanne, Helene Benkert, and Camille M.L. Vo Van Qui Part 1: Methods Archaeology of the Horse Katherine Kanne and Helene Benkert Advanced Methods in Zooarchaeology Katherine M. French Art History for Historians and Archaeologists: Using Visual Culture as Source Material Lonneke Delpeut Methodologies in Classics Carolyn Willekes Interdisciplinary Research Methods in History: The Example of Medieval Horses in Western Europe Camille M.L. Vo Van Qui Part 2: Horses Through Time Horse Domestication and Early Use Katherine Kanne Horses in Ancient Egypt Lonneke Delpeut and Heidi Köpp-Junk Introducing Horses to Kofun Japan: The Dawn of Equine Culture focussing on Kawachi (河内) (Current Osaka Region) Chun Ho Kim Horse and Rider in the Avar Empire (late 6th-early 9th century AD) Birgit Bühler Horses in the Viking Age Harriet J. Evans Tang The History and Historiography of the Horse in India Yashaswini Chandra Part 3: Working and Living with Horses Approaches to Researching Horse Training in Medieval Western Europe: Thirteenth to Fifteenth centuries Camille M.L. Vo Van Qui The Horse in European Warfare Helene Benkert and Birgit Bühler History of Equine Veterinary Medicine Savaş Volkan Genç Hippophagy Katherine M. French European Women in the Sideways and the Side-saddle Bettina Keil-Steentjes The Horse in Literature – From Status Symbol to Companion Cristina Oliveros Calvo and Anastasija Ropa Equestrian Sports Through the Ages Anastasija Ropa Horses as Cultural Heritage: The Cretan Horse Věra Klontza and Věra Klontza-Jaklova

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