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Findings of Harness Items and the Cult of the Horse in Latgallian and Selonian Territories
Volume 11 (2009): The Horse and Man in European Antiquity (Worldview, Burial Rites, and Military and Everyday Life), pp. 254–269
Antonija Vilcāne  

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Pub. online: 30 August 2009      Type: Article      Open accessOpen Access

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9 March 2009
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15 April 2009
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12 June 2009
Published
30 August 2009

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This article summarises the evidence of the military and agricultural significance of the horse, as well as of the Pagan beliefs and ritual practices reLated to horses found in the archaeological excavations in the Latgallian and Selonian territories relating to the Iron Age. During the Iron Age, the role of horse is growing; the fact is reflected in diversity and quantity of harness items and cavalryman’s equipment found in the excavations. Although the existence of horse cult in all the peoples that lived in territory of present Latvia and surrounding territories is indisputable, there are significant differences in the common beliefs and ritual practices defined by the social development of the society, by mutual trade relations, interaction of cultures and, probably, even by the migration of people.

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harness burials with horses horse cult Latgallians Selonians Iron Age

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