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Domestication and Early Use. Lecture 2 . Domestication & Early Use. When were horses were first used? ~50,000 yrs ago What were they used for? Crow- Magnon hunters would : Herd horses over cliffs B utcher for meat, bone, and hide Skeletal remains
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Domestication and Early Use Lecture 2
Domestication & Early Use • When were horses were first used? • ~50,000 yrs ago • What were they used for? • Crow-Magnon hunters would: • Herd horses over cliffs • Butcher for meat, bone, and hide • Skeletal remains • ~100,000 horses found in France
Domestication & Early Use • When were horses were first domesticated? • ~ 4,000 B.C. on the western Persian Desert • Kept for meat and possibly milk • For work needs, what proceeded the horse? • Ass and Ox • More docile and easier to domesticate • When were horses first used for labor? • ~2,000 B.C. in Mesopotamia
Domestication & Early Use • How were horses first controlled? • Nose ring • Due to effective control of ox and Onager by same method • Popular chariot method of transportation • Why did horse replaced the Ox and the Onager? • Speed
Domestication & Early Use • Why did man began to ride the horse? • Either for convenience or economy • Nose rings were replaced by what? • Snaffle Bit • Who invented snaffle bit? • Romans ~1500 B.C. • First time reins were on each side of the neck • Stirrups and saddles still unknown at this time
Domestication & Early Use • Who developed the Curb Bit? • Romans • When were the first recorded geldings? • ~800 B.C. • Wealth began to be attributed to • # of horses owned • Clothing item invented in this time due to horses? • Trousers
Domestication & Early Use • ~700 B.C. chariotry declined • Riding skills improved • Mounted patrols increased • Horsemanship was developed and studied • ~450 - 420 B.C. • Ancient rodeos were performed • Steer throwing had been recorded
Domestication & Early Use • As early as 55 B.C. • Horses taken into foreign countries by Roman military • Arabs began to study horsemanship • ~570 A.D. • Before this, they depended on? • Camels • Why did they stop using camels? • Devastated in war
Domestication & Early Use • By 1500’s what had happened to horses? • Types and breeds were developed due to • Specialized needs • Region and Climate • By discovery of America • Many breeds developed throughout the world • Who first brought horses west? • Columbus • 500 years ago • Haiti
Domestication & Early Use • Breeding stations set up in • Caribbean to produce more horses for exploration • Who first brought horses to Mexico? • Cortez- 1519 • Thousands more to come in conquest of Mexico • Who first brought horses into the interior of America? • Desoto- 1539