Download or read book Equipment for Horses from the Period IVB Level at Tepe Hasanlu, Iran written by Maude de Schauensee and published by . This book was released on 2024-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents for the first time the complete corpus of equipment for horses excavated by The HasanluProject in the Iron II level at Hasanlu Tepe, Iran. The equipment is varied, extensive, and in a context sealed asbuildings collapsed during the violent surprise attack and resulting fire that destroyed the town. Theequipment, most still in its primary location ready for active use, make it of particular, if not unique,importance. It is also remarkable in the quantity recovered, its variety and richness, the functional types thatcould be identified (riding, draft, ceremonial), and the amount that could be reconstructed. Its life contextgives new information about equipment and usage not otherwise available and allows suggestions for thelayered importance of the horse as evidenced by the equipment. No other book presents equipment forhorses in a similar context and quantity because the preservation at Hasanlu is unique for this part of theNear East in this time period.The equipment also provides new insight into space use in Hasanlu, one of the most important Iron Age sitesin northwest Iran. Findspots yield information about building use and reuse, some as stables. These andarchitectural alterations provide unique information regarding changes to the town over time, some of whichmost likely reflect changes in the dynamics of the region.