Yokes & Harnesses
Animal traction gear that transferred pulling force from cattle, donkeys, horses, or oxen to plows, carts, and sledges.
Core metadata
- ID: yokes_and_harnesses
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -6000 (century)
- Region: Neolithic western Balkans and later animal-traction traditions
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Early Animal Domestication (animal_domestication)
- Basic Rope Making (basic_rope_making)
- Leather Working (leather_working)
Dependents
- Sintashta-Petrovka Early Chariots (chariot)
- Heavy Draft Plowing (heavy_draft_plowing)
- Pack Animal Transport (pack_animal_transport)
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Gaining traction on cattle exploitation: zooarchaeological evidence from the Neolithic Western Balkans (Antiquity, 2018, primary_paper) • Supports: node
- Cattle pulled loads 2,000 years earlier than previously thought (University College London, 2018, official_agency) • Supports: node
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 70%
- Prerequisite sources: 2
- expert_inference: 3
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early Animal Domestication (animal_domestication) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Animal Domestication provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
|
| Basic Rope Making (basic_rope_making) | historical_predecessor | 75% | expert_inference | Basic Rope Making is an earlier historical predecessor or foundation, not a one-to-one engineering dependency. |
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| Leather Working (leather_working) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Leather Working provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
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