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CENTAURO
Equid introduction, hybridisation and agricultural intensification in the Ebro valley from the Late Neolithic to the Iron Age
PID2020-113369RJ-100
The first domestic horses appeared in the Eurasian steppes about 5,000 years ago
This project studies equid bone remains from different archaeological sites
CENTAURO project aims to evaluate the importance and impact of equids on the development of the local prehistoric economies of the inland Ebro River valleys
The integration of equids in human societies would have allowed a greater connectivity between territories, economies and cultures
In the archaeological contexts horses appear particularly linked to the spheres of war and death clearly serving as expressions power
CENTAURO will focus on of changes in equid management and the introduction of new species as donkey and equid hybrids.
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Time frame: 2021-2024
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MOBICEX
Ministerio de Ciencia e investigación
PID2019-110022GB-I00
Movilidad, circulación e intercambio en el Llano Occidental Catalán entre el tercer y el primer mileni ANE
PEGASUS
European Research Council
ERC-AdG 6816058
The makeup of the modern horse:
a history of the biological changes introduced by human management
ZOOMWEST
Zooarchaeology and Mobility in the Western Mediterranean: Animal husbandry from the Late Bronze Age to Late Antiquity
European Research Council
ERC-StG 716298
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