Horses from Two Burials in Samland and Natangen (Second Century AD Kaliningradskaia Province, Russia)
Volume 11 (2009): The Horse and Man in European Antiquity (Worldview, Burial Rites, and Military and Everyday Life), pp. 50–55
Pub. online: 30 August 2009
Type: Article
Open Access
Open Access
Received
21 October 2008
21 October 2008
Revised
20 March 2009
20 March 2009
Accepted
12 June 2009
12 June 2009
Published
30 August 2009
30 August 2009
Abstract
Single and double-horse burials of second century AD from Samland and Natangen (Kaliningrad region, Russia) are described. All horses were in the good riding age. They bear constitutional similarities with horses from later burials in Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and Scandinavia. Despite their small size, horses were used as riding and most likely were buried with proprietors as afterlife mediators or servants.