Native Americans used horses far earlier than historians had believed

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Native American communities rode, cared for and lived alongside horses nearly a century earlier than European records suggest, a new study has found.

Published 2 months ago · Washington, United States

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News18 India

Horses Came to American West By Early 1600s, Study Finds

In the new study, scientists examined about two dozen sets of horse remains from sites ranging from New Mexico to Idaho to Kansas to establish that horses were ridden and raised by Indigenous groups by the early 1600s.

2 months ago·India

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Associated Press News

Horses came to American West by early 1600s, study finds

The horse is symbolic of the American West, but when and how domesticated horses first reached the region has long been a matter of historical debate.

2 months ago·United States

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The Hill

Native Americans used horses far earlier than historians had believed

Native American communities rode, cared for and lived alongside horses nearly a century earlier than European records suggest, a new study has found.

2 months ago·Washington, United States

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National Post

Horses came to American West by early 1600s, study finds

The horse is symbolic of the American West, but when and how domesticated horses first reached the region has long been a matter of historical debate.

2 months ago·Canada

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Winnipeg Free Press

Horses came to American West by early 1600s, study finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — The horse is symbolic of the American West, but when and how domesticated horses first reached the region has long been a matter of historical debate. A […]

2 months ago·Winnipeg, Canada

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Horses came to American West by early 1600s, study finds

The horse is symbolic of the American West, but when and how domesticated horses first reached the region has long been a matter of historical debate.A new analysis of horse bones gathered from museums across the Great Plains and northern Rockies has revealed that horses were present in the grasslands by the early 1600s, earlier than many written histories suggest.The timing is significant because it matches up with the oral histories of multipl…

2 months ago·Miami, United States

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