Draft Animals in the Past, Present and Future

Draft Animals in the Past, Present and Future 

Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten Hessen, Claus Kropp and Lena Zoll (Eds.) 

For millennia, draft animals played a key role in the survival of many cultures. Even today, they still secure the livelihood of millions of people around the globe. Be it in transportation, agriculture, or forestry: draft animals can offer sustainable, eco-friendly and economically valuable ways of land use. Nevertheless, there are a lot of challenges, be it the pressure of high-profit markets or politics, in animal welfare, breeding and harnessing. Furthermore, the total number of draft animals is declining. In 2021, an international, virtual conference has addressed these challenges. Participants from around the globe discussed the history, preservation, education and future of draft animals. The conference proceedings represent a comprehensive result of these efforts.

Contents

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Cover

Claus Kropp

Acknowledgments

Kirsten Worms

Welcoming words

Hermann Schefers

Prologue

Lena Zoll, Claus Kropp

Editors' Preface

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Paul Starkey, Bertha Mudamburi

Draft animals in the world

Bertha Mudamburi, Paul Starkey

Draft animal issues, constraints and opportunities in Africa

Eva Rosenstock

Speeding up. Prehistoric animal traction and the revolute joint

Matilda Holmes, Richard Thomas

“…in winter, plough”: Zooarchaeological evidence for the changing role of draught cattle and horses in medieval England AD 400-1400

Bob Powell

Scottish Farm Horsemen’s Society

Cozette Griffin-Kremer

Eye-to-eye with animal draft in France – a case study in a broader ecosystem

Marcel Scheidweiler

The introduction of draft donkey in Burkina Faso, West Africa

Jill Goulder

Draught animals in ancient Mesopotamia and today: the invaluable donkey

Barbara Sosič

How museum collections tell us stories about draft animals

Witold Wołoszyński, Julia Hanulewicz

Draft animals in museum education at the National Museum of Agriculture and Agri-Food Industry in Szreniawa (Poland)

Claus Kropp

The role of draft cattle in (Archaeological) Open-Air Museums and Living History Farms – A personal Essay

Peter Moser

Working animals – a historical approach

Andrew B. Conroy

Oxen: Status, Uses and Practices in the U.S.A., Encouraging a Historic Tradition to Thrive

Dale K. Stoltzfus

Amish Animal Traction

Paul Schmit

Horsepower – Innovation in small-scale agriculture and gardening

Hugo Samuel Sanhueza Leal, Oscar Leonardo García Navarrete, Hugo A. González Sánchez

Animal Drawn BioMechanical System (ADBIS) for Tillage in Colombia

Philippe Lhoste

Modernizing mechanization in draft animal use for a sustainable peasant agriculture

Philippe Lhoste

A homage to Jo Ballade

Antonio Perrone

A tool for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals set up by United Nations

Rick Thomas

Sterling College degree program “Sustainable Agriculture and Draft Animal Power Systems”

Timothy Harrigan

Refining Animal Traction: Linking Physical and Social Processes

João B. Rodrigues, Pit Schlechter

Animal traction in Europe in the XXI century: challenges, threats and opportunities

Astrid Masson

Epilogue

Imprint

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Identifiers

https://doi.org/10.11588/propylaeum.1120

ISBN 978-3-96929-197-9 (PDF)

Published 05.10.2022.