Dear
Kyra,
there
is one original source on equine medicine from the Tibetan monastery of the 1000
Buddhas near Tun-huang, situated at the silk road and close to the Mongolian
territories. The text is dated to the early 11th c. AD and is estimated to
be highly influenced by nomadic traditions of the Eastern steppe people. This is
the only available paper on that stuff which I don't hold, but maybe someone
else out there:
Blondeau, A.M. (1972): Matériaux por l'étude de
l'hippologie et de l'hippiatrie tibétaines, à partir des manuscrits de
Touen-houang. Centre de Recherches d'Histoire et de Philologie de la IVe Section
de l'Ecole pratique des Hautes Études II. Hauters Études Orientales 2. Maybe you
should get in contact with Anne-Marie Blondeau personally: [log in to unmask]
Additionally, the Munich school carried out a project
on husbandry, domestication and also veterinary history in Himalayan districts
which might be of interest. Here are two citations: Mauer, P. (1998):
Handschriften zur tibetischen Hippiatrie und Hippologie. Phil. Thesis, Bonn;
Maurer, P. & Von den Driesch, A. (1999): "Das hilft, das ist gut."
Pferdebücher aus dem tibetischen Himalaja. Sudhoffs Archiv 83: 73-108. For
further information it might be useful to get in contact with Angela von den
Driesch [log in to unmask]
Hopefully this helps a bit,
best,
Gerhard
Prof. Gerhard Forstenpointner
Unit on Comparative Morphology
and Archaeozoology
Department of Pathobiology / Anatomy
University of
Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Veterinaerplatz 1
1210 Vienna, AUSTRIA
ph.
+43 1 25077 2503
fax +43 1 25077 2590
Dear Zooarchers,
could anyone recommend reliable and detailed publications on nomadic
veterinary medicine, especially for Eastern steppe peoples? The
anthropological / ethnographic approach as well as the archaeological side of
the problem would be interesting for me.
Thanks a lot!
best,
Kyra