Recent research based on bioarchaeological analysis and bone samples from ancient Roman burial sites has revealed that Patagonian people in Argentina were riding and raising horses by the early 1600s, long before Europeans arrived. The study indicates that Indigenous groups incorporated Spanish horses into their cultures a century or more before Europeans permanently settled in the region. Horse bones discovered in southern Argentina, dated to as early as the mid-17th century, provide evidence of Indigenous horse use prior to European settlement. This new evidence challenges the previously held belief that horses were introduced to South America by Europeans.
Excavated bones show that hunter-gatherers in southernmost South America integrated horses with Spanish pedigrees into their societies around 400 years ago. https://t.co/PxyTgkSOCH
Hunter-gatherers in southernmost South America integrated horses with Spanish pedigrees into their societies around 400 years ago, long before Europeans occupied that region. https://t.co/PxyTgkSOCH
Patagonian people were riding horses long before Europeans arrived in the region, according to a new study. https://t.co/dAkcdbfqgH
Patagonian people became horse aficionados by the early 1600s, before Europeans arrived. https://t.co/PxyTgkSOCH
Analyses of horse remains uncovered at Chorrillo Grande 1, a site in Argentina’s Patagonian region, indicate that locals raised and ate transatlantic equines by the early 1600s. https://t.co/PxyTgkSOCH
Horse bones discovered in southern Argentina, dated to as early as the mid-17th century, illuminate Indigenous horse use long before European settlement. https://t.co/iQEXfAsUaT https://t.co/PIvaHic75h
Partial horse leg bones found in southern Argentina contributed to new evidence that Indigenous groups incorporated Spanish horses into their cultures a century or more before Europeans permanently settled in that region. https://t.co/PxyTgkSOCH
Study of remains uncovered in Argentina's Patagonian region shows locals raised and ate #horses @ScienceAdvances https://t.co/VkiCSOzMnP https://t.co/HQ0aisvyNH
Archaeological digs show Spanish horses were part of Indigenous South American societies by the early 1600s. https://t.co/PxyTgkSOCH
A bioarchaeological analysis and bone samples from ancient Roman burial sites were crucial in the development of new research regarding Roman and Balkan migration featured this week in @cellpressnews @msstate #GeneticAnthropology https://t.co/BPJP5aS9ED
Spanish horses joined Indigenous South Americans’ societies long before Europeans came to stay. https://t.co/PxyTgkSOCH
Patagonian people were riding horses long before Europeans arrived, according to a new study. https://t.co/PHkJxDeWPG