| 英文摘要: |
Farriery, or the art of shoeing horses, is an invention which plays an important role in the use of animal power. According to documents and archaeological materials, this paper points out that there was no definite evidence for the use of horseshoe in the Central Plains of China until the Yuan Dynasty. On the other hand, the Koguryo people who lived in Modern northeast China already mastered the farriery no later than the 2nd century A.D. And this technique had been widely used in the area of mountains, plateau and gravel desert around the Central Plains between the 6th and 13th century. The author finds that there is similarity in the typology, usage and manufacturing method between the farriery of Koguryo and Romano-Britannia, which probably resulted from the technological transmission from west to east through the Eurasia steppes. |
