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Sacrifice Horse Remains from Late Bronze-Early Iron Age of South Moldova: A Study of Dental and Limb Bone Morphology

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The article describes dental and postcranial remains of ancient domestic horses of various individual ages from the archaeological monuments of Belozerla Culture Novosiolovca-1 and Olanesti (Southern Moldova). Upper cheek teeth of the horses under study are characterized by relatively long and variable in shape protocone. Single preserved metacarpal and metatarsal bones from Novosiolovca-1 are quite elongated and slender, showing a close resemblance to the mean measurement values of horse remains from Late Bronze age and Early Iron Age from Southeast Europe. Phalanxes of the horses from Novosiolovca-1 and Olanesti are comparatively slender and elongated. Generally, the postcranial measurements of the horses under study correspond to the semi-thin legged type with " average height " in withers (144-136 cm). One of horse individuals from Novosiolovca-1 shows a specific wear of second upper molar caused by a snaffle bit.
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hal-01737203 , version 1 (13-04-2018)

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Roman Croitor. Sacrifice Horse Remains from Late Bronze-Early Iron Age of South Moldova: A Study of Dental and Limb Bone Morphology. Journal of Historical Archaeology & Anthropological Sciences , 2017, 1 (3), pp.00019. ⟨10.15406/jhaas.2017.01.00019⟩. ⟨hal-01737203⟩
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