Minkähän vuoksi rautakautinen hevonen Saarenmaan Ridalasta ryhmittyy pazyryk-kulttuurin hevosen viereen Treemixissä, ks. Fig 3? Toinen virolaishevonen näkyy olevan lähinnä skandihevosten oloinen.
"The sample Ridala_Rid2_2717 was recovered from a fortified settlement on a moraine ridge close to the coastal zone of SaaremaaIsland (west Estonia), which was at the time of the settlement a coastal island. Excavations were carried out in 1961 by Aita Custin andin 1963 by Artur Vassar. The archaeological site covers an area of around 4500 m2and was dated to the C8th–C7th. Until now, approx-imately one tenth (435 m2) of the area has been excavated. A total of 2020 bone fragments have been recovered, 75% of whichbelonging to domestic animals (sheep/goat, pigs, cattle, and horses) and 25% to wild animals (seals). Sheep and goat bone frag-ments are the most frequent while horse bones represent the least frequent of all faunal remains. The horse remains recoveredfrom this site belong to eight different individuals. Two were foals, two were slaughtered before the age of three and the otherfour were between two and four and a half years old. The presence of remains from exclusively juvenile individuals suggests theiruse for food consumption (Lang, 2012)"
"The undisturbed and permafrozen Pazyryk burial complex of Olon-Kurin-Gol (Olon Guuriin Gol) was excavated in the summer of2006 by a German-Mongolian-Russian expedition team. The Kurgan is located close to the upper Olon-Kurin-Gol River on the south-ern slope of the Saylyugem Mountains, Mongolian Altai. The grave contained the partially-mummified, fully-dressed remains of aScythian warrior and two horse skeletons. The samples OlonKurinGol_OKG1_2367 and OlonKurinGol_OKG2_2367 originate fromsuch horses. Along with the horse remains, the harness and saddle of the horses were found."
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