Early evidence of use of a bit on domestic donkeys found in the Near East
Ancient donkey remains from the Early Bronze Age (EB) show tooth wear linked to bit-wearing
Date:
May 16, 2018
Source:
PLOS
Summary:
Donkeys may have worn bits as early as the third millennium BCE, long before the introduction of horses in the ancient Near East, according to a study published May 16, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Haskel Greenfield from University of Manitoba, Canada, Aren Maeir from Bar-Ilan University, and colleagues.
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