a note on horses

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It can be argued that the horse was important in the whole steppe area

of Eurasia at any period from the later Paleolithic – and also later

among the Turkic and Mongol tribes. (Hamayon 1990; Roux 1966, 1984) It

is therefore impossible to assert that petroglyphs of horses were made

only peoples speaking Indo Iranian languages; moreover, pre-Afanasevo

horses of the Minusinsk style in Siberia are certainly not related to

Indo-Iranians or to Indo Europeans (sher 1994 : vi-viii, fig 6)

 

From The Archaeology of Rock-art

By Christopher Chippindale, Paul S. C.

(page 306) Cambridge University press 1988

 

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> It can be argued that the horse was important in the whole steppe area

> of Eurasia at any period from the later Paleolithic � and also later

> among the Turkic and Mongol tribes. (Hamayon 1990; Roux 1966, 1984) It

> is therefore impossible to assert that petroglyphs of horses were made

> only peoples speaking Indo Iranian languages; moreover, pre-Afanasevo

> horses of the Minusinsk style in Siberia are certainly not related to

> Indo-Iranians or to Indo Europeans (sher 1994 : vi-viii, fig 6)

>

 

 

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" The paintings in white ochre include a procession of bisons, monkeys

clambering up a tree branch, a herd of deer grazing, human beings

welcoming one another with outstretched arms, a battle scene with men

aiming at each other with bows and arrows, men on horseback engaged in

battle, a shoulder-clasping dance after a successful boar-hunt, a man

with a mask, the depiction of sun and its rays, a spiral, a tiger

fighting another animal, and a man and his dog sleeping. "

 

This description pertains to Karikkiyur, the largest rock art site in

South India. This site has been dated to 2000 to 1500 bce.

 

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