This week Anna and Amber told you we’re going to the park, but really it’s a trip to the v-e-t in an episode all about evidence for animal care and veterinary medicine in the archaeological record. Learn how archaeologists assess animal welfare from bone analysis, ancient Egyptian animal medicine, a snapshot of life on a medieval French farm, and more, including 2nd millennium BCE pro tips on how to get your horse absolutely jacked.

Links

• Prehistoric Puppy May Be Earliest Evidence of Pet-Human Bonding (National Geographic)
• Excavating the history of ancient veterinary practices (Veterinary Record)
• The Kikkuli Text. Hittite Training Instructions for Chariot Horses in the Second Half of the 2nd Millennium B.C. and Their Interdisciplinary Context (Peter Raulwing, via Academia.edu)
• Kikkuli (International Museum of the Horse)
• A Quick History of Veterinary History (Canidae)
• Care or Neglect?: Evidence of Animal Disease in Archaeology
• One and the same? An investigation into the connection between veterinary and medical practice in ancient Egypt (in Mummies, magic and medicine in ancient Egypt)
• Lahun Veterinary Papyrus
• Early Egyptians Revered Lowly Donkeys (New York Times)

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