Origins of Horse Riding

The Ancients

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🗓️ 1 June 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Human and Horse relationships have long be intertwined; from the ancient Eurasian plain, through to modern cowboys. But how did these huge, independent creatures become domesticated - and what was the original intention behind such an act? Originally tamed for their meat and milk, the domestication of horses - and the origins of horse riding, aren't two events that coincided. So when did the horse move from food to friend? And who's responsible for this change?

In this episode Tristan welcomes Carolyn Willekes to the podcast, to talk about this remarkable evolutionary journey. Looking at what archaeological evidence can tell us, from horse teeth to buried skeletons, and the cultural influences that horses had across the ancient world - when did human's domesticate horses, and can they be considered man's best friend?

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Ancients from History Hit, to listen to our whole podcast archive
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0:30.2	It's the Ancients on History Hit. I'm Tristan Hughes your host and in today's episode where we're
0:38.6	talking all about the origins of horse riding. We're focusing in on horses. When you think about it,
0:47.3	the horse has been so closely connected to the story of modern humans, particularly over the last
0:54.2	few thousand years, whether it's in regards to communication, to travel, to warfare, to farming,
1:02.9	and so on. So what do we know about when humans first not only domesticated horses,
1:10.2	but then realized the potential of riding them to because horse domestication and horse riding
1:18.0	were there two completely different things as you're going to hear in today's episode.
1:23.3	Now to talk through the origins of horse riding, new scientific research alongside
1:29.4	archaeological discoveries, what I was delighted to interview Dr. Carolyn Willikas from Mount
1:35.6	Royal University. Carolyn, she lives and breathes horses. She is the perfect interviewer for this
1:43.5	topic. And as you're going to hear, with the origins of horse riding, it's still shrouded in
1:50.2	quite a bit of mystery, but there are some really interesting theories that have now been put
1:55.8	forward, which Carolyn explains. We're going to be going to places such as the Great Step,
2:02.2	modern countries such as Kazakhstan, but also southern Russia. We're going to be looking at
2:08.0	ancient peoples such as the Botteye culture and the Yamnaya. And then we're going to be examining
2:14.3	the spread of horse riding of horse domestication from this area of the world to other places,
2:21.2	for instance Mesopotamia. I really do hope you enjoy and here's Carolyn.
2:32.3	Carolyn, it is wonderful to have you on the podcast today.
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