2. Caravan Animals: Distribution of Wealth and Disease
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | 2. Caravan Animals: Distribution of Wealth and Disease - Case Studies in the Silk Roads Archaeology |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Branka Franicevic; PhD Candidate, University of Bradford; |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Archaeology |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | Silk Road; history of trade; trade route; landscape archaeology; Antiquity; Middle Age; early Modern History; Afro-Eurasian trade |
| 5. | Subject | Subject classification | Silk Road; History of Trade |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | From the time the Silk Road opened trade with the West until its decline little thought was given to the role of animals in shaping its legendary route networks. With an aim to understand the process of bringing together civilisations, the archaeological record focuses mainly on trade routes and trade goods. Judging by the scarcity of other evidence, it would appear that domestic animals and wildlife had been mainly consumed or/and used for transport. However, as new cultures and beliefs were exchanged, different functions animals had in everyday life were inevitably introduced and adopted. It is, therefore, possible that these functions justify only certain aspects of connecting East to West. This paper argues that the heartbeat of the Silk Road was essentially the animals that were intimately connected with its making, existence and its decline. In doing so, it discusses them as keys to the trade and international relations to include the animal role in the creation of the Silk Road, the silk-making, transportation, trade of luxury goods, religious belief, military support and the spread of disease. A proposed framework of the study is a combination of theoretical interpretations, iconography and imagery, and the material evidence. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-Feb-2023 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 11. | Type | Type | |
| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/42849 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.42849 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; Case Studies in the Silk Roads Archaeology |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
Silk Road, 4th millennium BC to the 10th century AD |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |