New finds of antler cheekpieces and horse burials from the Trzciniec Culture in the territory of western Little Poland

2020/01/01 by Marcin M. Przybyła · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies #Historical and Archaeological Studies #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Antler #Horse #Archaeology #Geography #Chariot #Ancient history #History #Biology #Paleontology

paper · doi:10.15584/anarres.2020.15.7

openalex publication_date 2020/01/01 · openalex created_date 2021/02/15 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21

Abstract

The subject of this paper are the new discoveries of antler cheekpieces of horse harness at Trzciniec Culture sites in Morawianki, Miechow and Jakuszowice (Little Poland, Poland). It also addresses the issue of double horse burials being parts of sepulchral complexes, with barrows at their centres. The article tackles the problem of the occurrence of such burials and cheekpieces in the Danubian regions, the steppe zone of Eastern Europe and in the territory of Greece. It also considers the function of cheekpieces, as parts of horse gear used for harnessing a horse to a chariot.

Citations

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Cited by

• Trzciniec culture [wikipedia]