Posted on 11/28/2009 7:40:07 AM PST by decimon
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Our team conducted extensive research at three sites belonging to the Botai culture in the northern part of the country, at locations dated to the Copper Age around 3,500 B.C.
We selected the region because it was here in the heart of the Eurasian steppe where the tarpan, a small wild horse, thrived after they had vanished from most parts of the world. It was estimated that the tarpan lived successfully in the area through most of the Holocene, beginning about 11,700 years ago, before going extinct in the early 20th century.
Upon examining the sites, we found evidence that could point to the early phases of horse domestication and help explain its initial impacts on society. We found that early domesticated horses were eaten, milked and ridden.
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Mongol horsemen also drank blood from the veins of their mounts.
Necking.
Archaeologists use this ratio (when looking at the number of bones in an area) to determine drought conditions.
Isn’t she a pretty little thing!
On mare’s milk — when we lived in TX my husband had a business colleague who was famed for his BBQ, which he fixed for company get-togethers. He swore that his secret was marinating the beef ribs in “mare’s milk” the night before he put them on the grill. I don’t know if that was true, but they certainly were good, and I believed him. :)
You certainly can do that with plain old cow’s milk — even if it’s just for 1/2 hour — so I imagine mare’s milk would be just as good. It’s an old cook’s secret that soaking meat in milk can remove any odor if the meat has started to “turn” and always makes it tender.
When one whispers to a horse, what is the mane topic of conversation?”
Yes, it behooves us to know.
Great de-livery.
Yes, but horses are faster, they increase productivity in many activities including food gathering/foraging, as well as assisting in movement, carrying burdens, etc.
But I have to admit a nice beef steak can't be beat.
Why is it that the migration of Indoeuropean people is always East to West or North to South?
Kumiss tastes better than it sounds like it would...
Then youve probably never tried truly traditional saurbraten.
(Anyone else like another slice of pickled horse brisket?)
I think they made yoghurt out of horses’ milk -— and I’m pretty certain that camel’s milk yogurt is also made in that area of the world.
I had a bad sore throat over the holiday. I am one of the latest hoarse whisperers.
It was a fet-lock that you’d like it.
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