A TALE OF TWO GAMES: CIRIT, BUZKASHI AND THE HORSEMEN OF THE ASIATIC STEPPE.
The horse has been an essential component to life on the Asiatic steppe since its domestication c. 5,500 years ago. The importance of the horse to these nomadic peoples can be seen not only in the portrayal of equines in both art and literature, as well as their presence in the archaeological record...
| Published in: | Nomadic Peoples Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 286 - 302 |
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White Horse Press
2017
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