Hlushko M. The origin of animal harness in Ukraine (cultural-historical apporoach).

Українська версія

Thesis for the degree of Doctor of Science (DSc)

State registration number

0504U000486

Applicant for

Specialization

  • 07.00.05 - Етнологія

28-09-2004

Specialized Academic Board

Д 35.222.01

Ivan Krypiakevych Institute of Ukrainian Studies

Essay

The research is devoted to the origin and development of different types of ox and horse harness during the Eneolithic Period to XX c. in Ukraine and their constituents such as draught equipment, harness, connecting systems, which is the basic evidence of their industrial use as labour force. The work addresses the issue of the equipment construction, mainly means of land traffic to which these animals were harnessed. The documentary basis of the research consists of several kinds of the primary sources such as written and archeological documents, the descriptions of traffic carriers and tillage machinery, ox and horse harness done by the scholaks in XIX and the first half of XX cc., ethnographical material found by the author in different regions of Ukraine, linguistic and ethnic data. The comparative factual material on the draught animals harness by other Slavic peoples and their neighbors has been widely used to clarify the most controversial issues addressed.

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