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NO Proof for Horse Domestication in Ukraine
The direction of horse domestication spreading from Ukraine to steppe cultures is disputed. The following extact is from http://dienekes.blogspot.com/2005/09/botai-and-horse-domestication.html: Anthony argues that the domesticated horse was present in the Ukraine earlier than in Kazakhstan. His evidence for this comes from bitwear studies of two samples of lower second premolars from two Eneolithic sites, Botai in northern Kazakhstan (5 from a total of 19 teeth) and Dereivka in the Ukraine (2 from a total of 6 teeth). He implies from this that horse domestication spread from west to east (Anthony 1995). The re-dating of the Dereivka stallion casts doubt on the idea that horse domestication spread from west to east[ie from Ukraine to Kazakhstan]. Certainly it might have, but there is no direct evidence for the prior existence of domesticated horses in Ukraine than in Kazakhstan (Botai).The pattern of tooth wear interpreted as bit wear is not an unambiguous evidence of horse riding. From the above extract we may conclude that domestication of horse did not spread from Ukraine to Steppes, from steppes to BMAC, and from BMAC to Indo-Iranian region and thus to IVC. This entire chain of events is now being disputed.An objective analysis of facts is called for.The entire Kurgan hypothesis has to be questioned.Museofasia (talk) 08:59, 24 February 2008 (UTC)Museofasia
