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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: William T. TaylorPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9780520380677ISBN 10: 0520380673 Pages: 360 Publication Date: 06 August 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsCONTENTS Acknowledgments Prelude Beat One · Horses and People 1. Evolution 2. Connection 3. Tracing Domestication Beat Two · The Cart 4. Wheels 5. Chariots Beat Three · The Rider 6. Oracle Bones 7. Horseback 8. Horse People 9. The Silk and Tea Roads 10. Steppe Empires 11. Desert and Savanna Empires Beat Four · The World 12. Out to Sea 13. The Return 14. Pampas 15. Into the Pacifi c and Down Under 16. Iron Horses 17. Hoofprints List of Illustrations Notes Bibliography IndexReviews" ""Taylor is helping break new ground with his scientific perspective on horse domestication, the timing and origins of which scholars have argued over for decades."" * Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine * ""Hoof Beats helps readers see the drama even in the grass eating. . . . Taylor has written that too-rare work that is as authoritative as it is legible to the lay audience."" * New York Times *" " ""Taylor is helping break new ground with his scientific perspective on horse domestication, the timing and origins of which scholars have argued over for decades."" * Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine *" Author InformationWilliam T. Taylor is Assistant Professor and Curator of Archaeology at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History in Boulder. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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