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MANDIBLE OF HORSE (TYA 642: 2858)
Type: Fragment of a mandible of horse (Equus caballus), with molar teeth II and III.
Use: Mount or draught animal (faunal residue).
Site: Raisio, Ihala, Mulli abode.
Period: Viking Age / Crusade Age / Early Middle Ages.
Dating: 980-1220 A.D.
Photographer: Antti Huittinen.
The earliest ostheological proofs of the horse as a domestic animal can be traced back to the Early Bronze Age (i.e., to the years 1000-500 B.C.). The horses of the Iron Age were smaller than today's horses. The horse was used as a beast of burden and draught as well as a mount on travels and in war. In summer, long journeys by land were travelled on a horse because there were very few roads for vehicles. Goods could be transported with a horse of burden or with a crotch. In winter, probably sledges were used.
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Coordinates: x=97-98,y=505-508, unit 5637.
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