Dr. William T. Taylor is an Assistant Professor and Curator of Archaeology at the University of Colorado-Boulder, whose work explores the domestication of the horse and the ancient relationships between people and animals. In his new book Hoof Beats: How Horses Shaped Human History, he explores how four dynamic pulses (hoof ‘beats’) in the story of humans and horses – their initial domestication, the invention of horse transport, the explosive shift to mounted riding, and their dispersal into the New World – transformed ancient societies and created the world we live in today.
This episode was broadcast on KGNU on Thursday November 28 at 9.00am.
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Radio Bookclub: Hoofbeats—How Horses Shaped Human History Maeve Conran
Tune in to our extended conversation with William Taylor on our podcast-only episode Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub. Hear William talk about efforts to domesticate zebras, how we’re rethinking archaeology and historical research to include Indigenous perspectives.
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The Radio Bookclub is a collaboration between KGNU and the Boulder Bookstore. Every month, Arsen Kashkashian, head buyer at the Boulder Bookstore, selects a book to inspire listeners to read along together. The author will then join Maeve Conran and Arsen Kashkashian for a discussion that airs the fourth Thursday of every month at 9am.
