title: [Chronology of horseshoes found in Switzerland].
abstract: The horse was domesticated by a people in Central Asia. However, it is not known where and who invented horse shoeing, an invention that increased the possibilities for using horses. The word "horseshoe" was first mentioned in a document from 826 p.c. Up to now an archaeologist couldn't date an excavated horseshoe. I succeeded now to establish a chronology for horseshoes found in Switzerland. The first realisation is that in the course of more than thousand years of horse shoeing history three basic forms followed each other. Moreover, the existing horseshoes can be allocated to periodical types, each in use for approximately a quarter of a century.
authors.affiliation: imhof.u@bluewin.ch
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Imhof
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000266:history*; D000818:Animals; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D049691:History, Medieval; D006724:Hoof and Claw; D006736:Horses; D012775:Shoes / Q000145:classification / Q000266:history; D013557:Switzerland; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000266:history