[The discovery of a horse skeleton from the 17th century in Kiesen in Bern canton].
In 1968 a skeleton of a horse was found in Kiesen (Switzerland). This discovery could be dated by radiocarbon method: According to that this 13 years old gelding with a withers-height of 135 to 140 cm must have lived during the first third of the 17th century. Apparently it died by an accident. The bones are fully documented with pictures and scales and the findings described and discussed in detail.
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D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology*; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000266:history*; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D013557:Switzerland
Der Fund eines Pferdeskeletts aus dem 17. Jahrhundert bei Kiesen im Kanton Bern.