Artifacts found at the Chorrillo Grande 1 site include Venetian glass beads (top), horse bones and teeth (middle) and metal artifacts including nails and ornaments (bottom).Photos: Juan Bautista Belardi
Posted on 01/15/2024 1:54:37 PM PST by SunkenCiv
William Taylor, an assistant professor of anthropology and curator of archaeology in the Museum of Natural History at CU Boulder, says this research shows that the story about people and horses in the Americas is "far more dynamic" than previously thought...
Juan Bautista Belardi, a professor of archaeology at the Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral in Argentina and Taylor's research colleague, and his team in Patagonia conducted all the field research at a canyon site called Chorrillo Grande 1 in southern Argentina. They unearthed the remains of an Aónikenk/Tehuelche campsite (people of the Indigenous Tehuelche nation traditionally used horses for hunting, transportation, warfare and food) that included horse bones, artifacts and metal ornaments.
Belardi says he believes the Chorrillo Grande 1 camp is just one of the many archaeological sites spread across the canyon...
Taylor and his colleagues at CU Boulder then used DNA sequencing, radiocarbon dating and isotope analysis on the items Belardi's team uncovered.
Taylor and Belardi say that when hunter-gathers first encountered horses, they were quick to begin using them...
Taylor says horses reshaped the landscape of the ancient world by connecting people across vast distances; by transforming the grasslands into thriving cultural, economic and political centers; and during colonization, they helped maintain sovereignty for many peoples around the world.
(Excerpt) Read more at colorado.edu ...
Artifacts found at the Chorrillo Grande 1 site include Venetian glass beads (top), horse bones and teeth (middle) and metal artifacts including nails and ornaments (bottom).Photos: Juan Bautista Belardi
subtitle: CU Boulder Assistant Professor William Taylor's new study offers a telling glimpse into the lives of humans and horses in South America
Our neighbors adopted a greyhound.
With AI being all over the place, I’m surprised that no one has built a virtual live band performance by dogs (similar genre to the poker-playing dogs) of “Collar My World”.
It’s all in the setup. /rimshot
Now they’re adopting ebt cards.
“Anthropologist finds that South American cultures quickly adopted horses”
And all the horses said to that adoption neigh... I mean nay
They should hoof anyway.
(Our neighbors adopted a greyhound.)
They must go through a LOT of diesel ⛽⛽ fuel!
I had the lasagna.
A couple of those Chewy commercials are pretty darn entertaining.
It did not appear to happen in Australia. At least I did not find written evidence of it.
I could tell if this was about the native horses that disappeared about 10,000 years ago with the other big animals in the Americas or the ones brought by the Spanish 500 years ago.
You’re right, it confused me too. It’s poorly written. The horses he studied previously were Old World. All the New World horses are from the Spanish.
But..... But..... How many genders did the horses have? Did the humans provide ‘gender neutral horse shoes’ to not offend any horse?
C’mon, Man!
Those new horses don’t need no stinkin’ adoptive parents.
Why am I supposed to be impressed by this? Big deal!
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