Prevalence of Butchered Horse Bones Dispels Myths About Christian Dietary Habits - Archaeology Magazine

Prevalence of Butchered Horse Bones Dispels Myths About Christian Dietary Habits - Archaeology Magazine

Splintered equid femur from the Ottoman-period Dombóvár–Gólyavár fort, with arrow showing hack mark STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN—Archaeologists and historians have long believed that there was a direct correlation between the adoption of Christianity in Europe and the decline of horsemeat consumption. While the Catholic Church never expressively forbade the eating of equines, it was seemingly frowned upon, and many Christian medieval sources describe it as…