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Horse Remains From the Arzhan-1 and Arzhan-2 Scythian Monuments

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Impact of the Environment on Human Migration in Eurasia

Part of the book series: NATO Science Series: IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences ((NAIV,volume 42))

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This paper presents the first osteological study and comparison of horse remains from the two famous Arzhan-1 and Arzhan-2 Scythian monument in Tuva. In spite of the fact that the horses from both monuments belong to the same breed groups, one can observe some differences in the sizes of the horses caused probably by differences in the local environmental conditions.

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  1. The Institute for the History of Material Culture of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia

    N. Bourova

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  1. University of Glasgow, UK

    E. Marian Scott

  2. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Andrey Yu. Alekseev

  3. Institute of History of Material Culture, RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Ganna Zaitseva

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Bourova, N. (2004). Horse Remains From the Arzhan-1 and Arzhan-2 Scythian Monuments. In: Marian Scott, E., Alekseev, A.Y., Zaitseva, G. (eds) Impact of the Environment on Human Migration in Eurasia. NATO Science Series: IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences, vol 42. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2656-0_24

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