Wagon, chariot, and carriage : symbol and status in the history of transport /
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| Author / Creator: | Piggott, Stuart |
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| Imprint: | [London] : Thames and Hudson, c1992. |
| Description: | 184 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1472515 |
Table of Contents:
- I. The Ox-Wagon from the Farmyard to the Court. From Sledge to Wheels. Technology and Its Constraints. The First Ox-Wagons: Function and Status. The Wagon Burials. The Ox-Wagon in Decline. The Ox-Cart of the Kings. Epilogue: Ox-Carts and British Rail
- II. Chariots and Chariotry. Equids in Mesopotamia: Ass, Onager and Horse. Chariots and Chariotry: The Basic Requirements. The Price of Prestige: The Chariot Package-Deal. Origins and Dispersal. The Indo-European Minefield. Chariots at Large. The Chariot Package-Deal Taken Up: The Near East. The Greeks and Their Chariot Deal. The Chinese Phenomenon
- III. Princes on Horseback. The East. The Greek and Roman World. From Classical to Medieval. Display and Majesty. From the Old Horsemanship to the New. Work-Horse and Pack-Horse. Women on Horseback. Riding and Clothing: Greeks and Barbarians. Rome and After. Knights in Armour: From Prehistory Into History. Interlude - The Horse as a Princely Gift. Horses as Gods and Sacrifices. The Sacrificial Horse. Horse Burials in Prehistory. Early Medieval Europe. Horse and Shaman. Horses for Paradise
- IV. From Chivalry to Carriage. From Chariot to Pleasure-Car in the Ancient East. The Pazyryk Ceremonial Carriage. Wagon and Carriage in the West. The Pivoted Front Axle from Prehistory to History. Tilt-Wagons and Carts in Antiquity. The Medieval Covered Pleasure Carriage. From Tilt-Carriage to Coach. The Coach Accepted. The Coach as Prestige Gift: Elizabeth and Russia. The Indian Gift: James I and Jahangir. Coaches to China: The Great Incompatibility. The End: The Glamour of Anachronism.