![]() ![]() Well, what they don’t tell you about horseback riding is that being a “horse girl” can be hard.Īnyone who claims the title of “horse girl” does so before the age of 14. “Horses keep you out of trouble,” they said. We seek to retell the story of our beginnings.“Try horseback riding lessons,” they said. Our open community is dedicated to digging into the origins of our species on planet earth, and question wherever the discoveries might take us. We’re the only Pop Archaeology site combining scientific research with out-of-the-box perspectives.īy bringing together top experts and authors, this archaeology website explores lost civilizations, examines sacred writings, tours ancient places, investigates ancient discoveries and questions mysterious happenings. ![]() The goal of Ancient Origins is to highlight recent archaeological discoveries, peer-reviewed academic research and evidence, as well as offering alternative viewpoints and explanations of science, archaeology, mythology, religion and history around the globe. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, our view is that there exist countless mysteries, scientific anomalies and surprising artifacts that have yet to be discovered and explained. Martin Trautmann wrote in the paper that jumping on a horse’s back 5,000 years ago “may have been one small step for man, but it was a giant leap for mankind.” Co-author David Anthony from Hartwick College, said these advances made herding cattle and sheep “three times more efficient.” However, due to a lack of specialized gear and short breeding history, once onboard, the team of scientists think the horses would have been “hard to handle”.Īt Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. In conclusion, the new findings provide “a strong argument that horseback riding was already a common activity for some Yamnaya individuals as early as 3000 BC”. It was much later that shaped and “padded” saddles and stirrups were used. The new paper says this particular style is physically demanding, “with the legs exerting constant pressure to cling to the mount’s back and needs continual balancing.” However, the riding style was not suited for armed combat or controlling herd animals. ![]() The riders usually rode in a position called “chair seat,” which meant riding without a padded saddle, or stirrups, to avoid discomfort to horse and rider. (Michał Podsiadło/ Science Advances ) Chair Seating For ComfortĪccording to the researchers, the osteological features observed on the skeletons “fit well” with a specific riding style seen in later depictions of Bronze Age riders. Overview of the archaeological excavations of a Yamnaya kurgan in Malomirov. In one case, a rider showed injuries on the sacral vertebrae – a large, triangular-shaped bone positioned just above the tailbone, caused by “a forceful fall on the backside is the most likely trauma scenario,” according to the paper. What then are the signs of “horsemanship syndrome?” According to a report in The Daily Mail, lead author Martin Trautmann said: “Biomechanical stress markers on human skeletons provide a viable way to further investigate the history of horseback riding and may even provide clues about riding style and equipment.” For example, riders gripping to the side of a horse, while using the lower body and thigh muscles, suffered stress reactions on their pelvis’ and femur.įurthermore, “stress-induced vertebral degeneration” was another major sign of vertical impact caused by bouncing on horses. He was a man estimated to have been aged between 65 and 75 when he died (Michał Podsiadło/ Science Advances ) Horsemanship Syndrome Ancient Origins - Horses as Symbols of Power in History and MythologyĪ Yamnaya grave of a horse rider discovered in Malomirovo, Bulgaria. ![]()
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