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Horse Nations. The Worldwide Impact of the Horse on Indigenous Societies Post-1492. By Peter Mitchell. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2015, 464 pp. ISBN 9780198703839. £ 35.00 (Hardcover).

Horse Nations. The Worldwide Impact of the Horse on Indigenous Societies Post-1492. By Peter... Peter Mitchell's book is a cornucopia of information on the social, political, economic, religious, and environmental impact of the introduction of domestic horses into new landscapes and cultures. Horse Nations, The Worldwide Impact of the Horse on Indigenous Societies Post-1492 is a long awaited work that fills a significant lacuna in equine literature. The book adeptly mines an abundance of relevant, but often previously unrecognized, geographic, archaeological, ethnographic and historical references to reconstruct the complex conditions that grew out of the appearance of the horse in North and South America, South Africa and Australasia from the late 15th century on. Eloquently woven, the story unfolds in a captivating manner that expertly leads the reader through the tangled web of history like a native guide through a rainforest. In the book's first chapter, the saga begins by orienting the reader in the world after Columbus' inaugural voyage. It establishes the groundwork for the rest of the book by exemplifying some of the pivotal roles played by horses in the collision between Europeans and indigenous people in this age of discovery and exploitation. In his introduction Mitchell draws attention to the paucity of literary cross-cultural comparisons between continents regarding how http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of African Archaeology Brill

Horse Nations. The Worldwide Impact of the Horse on Indigenous Societies Post-1492. By Peter Mitchell. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2015, 464 pp. ISBN 9780198703839. £ 35.00 (Hardcover).

Olsen, Sandra L.
Journal of African Archaeology , Volume 13 (2): 238 – Nov 1, 2015
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Brill
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© Copyright 2015 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1612-1651
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2191-5784
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10.3213/2191-5784-10276
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Peter Mitchell's book is a cornucopia of information on the social, political, economic, religious, and environmental impact of the introduction of domestic horses into new landscapes and cultures. Horse Nations, The Worldwide Impact of the Horse on Indigenous Societies Post-1492 is a long awaited work that fills a significant lacuna in equine literature. The book adeptly mines an abundance of relevant, but often previously unrecognized, geographic, archaeological, ethnographic and historical references to reconstruct the complex conditions that grew out of the appearance of the horse in North and South America, South Africa and Australasia from the late 15th century on. Eloquently woven, the story unfolds in a captivating manner that expertly leads the reader through the tangled web of history like a native guide through a rainforest. In the book's first chapter, the saga begins by orienting the reader in the world after Columbus' inaugural voyage. It establishes the groundwork for the rest of the book by exemplifying some of the pivotal roles played by horses in the collision between Europeans and indigenous people in this age of discovery and exploitation. In his introduction Mitchell draws attention to the paucity of literary cross-cultural comparisons between continents regarding how

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