Dan Davis History narrates: “The people of the Sintashta culture were Bronze Age chariot warriors of the Northern steppes. A people who changed the world. Highly patriarchal and warlike, they were also bronze workers who built huge fortified settlements like Arkaim east of the Ural mountains. They invented the chariot and bred the best horses […]
Category Archives: Equine/Horses
The First Horse Riders | Horse Domestication on the Eurasian Steppe
Dan Davis Author offers this insightful video on the First Horse Riders: “Who were the first horse riders in history? We know about horse domestication but knowing who were the first horsemen is more difficult. The idea of the Yamnaya Bronze Age horse warrior riding down a fleeing Neolithic farmer is a powerful image but […]
Origin of Horse Domestication: Botai, Yamnaya, Sintashta
Survive the Jive offers a documentary on the domestication of the horse which was likely brought to fruition by Indo-European steppe riders. “Professor Alan Outram, Head of Archaeology at University of Exeter is one of the world’s leading experts on ancient horse DNA and the domestication of the horse. In this interview he explains how […]