Digital Archive for Warhorse: The Archaeology of a Military Revolution? 2019-2023
Oliver Creighton, Alan Outram, Robert Liddiard, Carly Ameen, Robert Webley, Kate Kanne, 2023. (updated 2024) https://doi.org/10.5284/1102072. How to cite using this DOI
Data copyright © Dr Oliver Creighton, Prof Alan Outram, Dr Robert Liddiard, Dr Carly Ameen, Dr Robert Webley, Dr Kate Kanne unless otherwise stated
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Resource identifiers
- ADS Collection: 5150
- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1102072
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Overview
The digital archive for the Warhorse project consists of three types of materials: (a) Spreadsheets; (b) Reports; and (c) Photographs.
(a) Spreadsheets
The archive contains 17 spreadsheets that contain key primary data sets collected, collated and compiled during the course of the project.
- Spreadsheet of metrics from horse bones.
- Spreadsheet of horse bones analysed by the Warhorse project through GMM (Geometric morphometrics).
- Spreadsheet of horse bones sampled by the Warhorse project for DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) analysis.
- Spreadsheet of horse bones sampled by the Warhorse project for isotopic analysis.
- Spreadsheet detailing measurements and other characteristics of a sample of horse harness pendants and mounts in medieval Britain and Europe, compiled from a survey of published sources.
- Spreadsheet detailing medieval equestrian objects recorded in the database of the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
- Spreadsheet detailing measurements and other characteristics for a sample of medieval stirrups in Britain and Europe, compiled from a survey of published sources.
- Spreadsheet detailing measurements and other characteristics for a sample of shaffrons (horse head armour) in museum and other collections.
- Spreadsheet detailing the occurrence and number of foals recorded in Domesday Book.
- Spreadsheet detailing the instances where Domesday Book recorded horses as being 'at the hall' or the use of similar phrases to denote the same situation.
- Spreadsheet detailing the instances where Domesday Book recorded animals described as 'horse'.
- Spreadsheet detailing the instances where Domesday Book recorded animals described as 'mare'.
- Spreadsheet detailing the instances where animals described as 'rouncey' in the south-western shires covered by Exon Domesday.
- Spreadsheet detailing the instances where Domesday Book recorded animals described as 'unbroken mare'.
- Spreadsheet detailing the instances where Domesday Book recorded animals described as 'woodland mare'.
- Spreadsheet comprising a list of English studs and stables in the royal network and the dates for which accounts of the keepers of horse exist.
- Spreadsheet containing results of isotopic analysis from samples of medieval horse teeth from the site of Elverton Street, London.
(b) Reports
The archive contains two written and illustrated reports on two archaeological investigations carried out on behalf of the project.
- Report on a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey carried out on two areas, thought to be the sites of medieval stables, at Clarendon Palace in Wiltshire.
- Report on a standing building survey carried out on the structures known as the ‘Great Stables’ at Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire.
(c) Photographs
A photographic archive for the project, comprising a selection of images of data collection in progress, sites and landscapes visited, investigated and recorded during the work, and outreach activity.
