Section: Animals used in warfare
Variable: Dog (All coded records)
The absence or presence of dogs as a military technology used in warfare.  
Dog
#  Polity  Coded Value Tags Year(s) Edit Desc
1 Cahokia - Late Woodland I absent Inferred Expert -
Inferred from the following. "About two millennia ago, during the Middle Woodland period, which spanned several hundred years, intergroup conflict ending in violence was largely absent from eastern North America. Compared to both earlier Archaic hunter-gatherers and later village agriculturalists, few Middle Woodland skeletons have projectile points lodged in bones, distinctive stone-axe injuries, or signs of mutilation such as decapitation and scalping. [...] The scarcity of such injuries is not a result of inadequate sampling, since there are large and well-preserved skeletal collections dating to this period, especially from the Midwest. A rather sudden adoption of food-procurement practices that shifted the balance between resources and consumers to a time of relative plenty presumably played a big part in establishing conditions conducive to openness among otherwise separate groups." The situation only changed "[l]ate in the first millennium AD". [1]

[1]: (Milner, Chaplin and Zavodny 2013, 96-97) Milner, George, George Chaplin, and Emily Zavodny. 2013. “Conflict and Societal Change in Late Prehistoric Eastern North America.” Evolutionary Anthropology 22: 96-102. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/PAF8KM8K/itemKey/QR77EGA6


2 Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period absent Confident Expert -
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3 Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial absent Confident Expert -
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4 Orokaiva - Colonial absent Confident Expert -
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5 Ilkhanate absent Confident Expert -
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6 Jenne-jeno III absent Confident Expert -
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7 Ayyubid Sultanate absent Confident Expert -
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8 Egypt - Kushite Period absent Confident Expert -
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9 Egypt - Dynasty II absent Confident Expert -
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10 Aztec Empire absent Confident Expert -
Although domesticated dogs were present during this period, [1] [2] their function is unclear (food and/or hunting), [3] [4] and war dogs were unknown in Mesoamerica at the time of the Spanish Conquest; indeed, Hassig lists war dogs among the new military "technologies" the Spanish introduced to the region in the sixteenth century [5] [6] [7]

[1]: Savolainen, P., Y. Zhang, J. Luo, J. Lundeberg, and T. Leitner. (2002) "Genetic evidence for an East Asian origin of domestic dogs." Science 298:1610-1613.

[2]: Leonard, J. A., R. K. Wayne, J. Wheeler, R. Valadez, S. Guillén, and C. Vilà. (2002) "Ancient DNA evidence for old world origin of new world dogs." Science 298: 1613-1616.

[3]: Sanders, William T., Jeffrey R. Parsons, and Robert S. Santley. (1979) The Basin of Mexico: Ecological Processes in the Evolution of a Civilization. Academic Press, New York, pg. 285.

[4]: Rosenswig, Robert M. (2015) "A Mosaic of Adaptation: The Archaeological Record for Mesoamerica’s Archaic Period." Journal of Archaeological Research 23(2): 115-162.

[5]: (Hassig 1992, 143) Hassig, Robert. 1992. War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. London; Berkeley: University of California Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/F76EVNU3/itemKey/E9VHCKDG

[6]: Hassig, Ross. (1988) Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pg. 237.

[7]: Hassig, Ross. (1992) War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. Berkeley: University of California Press, pg.163.


11 Classic Basin of Mexico absent Confident Expert -
Although domesticated dogs were present during this period, [1] [2] their function is unclear (food and/or hunting), [3] [4] and war dogs were unknown in Mesoamerica at the time of the Spanish Conquest; indeed, Hassig lists war dogs among the new military "technologies" the Spanish introduced to the region in the sixteenth century [5] [6] [7]

[1]: Savolainen, P., Y. Zhang, J. Luo, J. Lundeberg, and T. Leitner. (2002) "Genetic evidence for an East Asian origin of domestic dogs." Science 298:1610-1613.

[2]: Leonard, J. A., R. K. Wayne, J. Wheeler, R. Valadez, S. Guillén, and C. Vilà. (2002) "Ancient DNA evidence for old world origin of new world dogs." Science 298: 1613-1616.

[3]: Sanders, William T., Jeffrey R. Parsons, and Robert S. Santley. (1979) The Basin of Mexico: Ecological Processes in the Evolution of a Civilization. Academic Press, New York, pg. 285.

[4]: Rosenswig, Robert M. (2015) "A Mosaic of Adaptation: The Archaeological Record for Mesoamerica’s Archaic Period." Journal of Archaeological Research 23(2): 115-162.

[5]: (Hassig 1992, 143) Hassig, Robert. 1992. War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. London; Berkeley: University of California Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/F76EVNU3/itemKey/E9VHCKDG

[6]: Hassig, Ross. (1988) Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pg. 237.

[7]: Hassig, Ross. (1992) War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. Berkeley: University of California Press, pg.163.


12 Epiclassic Basin of Mexico absent Confident Expert -
Although domesticated dogs were present during this period, [1] [2] their function is unclear (food and/or hunting), [3] [4] and war dogs were unknown in Mesoamerica at the time of the Spanish Conquest; indeed, Hassig lists war dogs among the new military "technologies" the Spanish introduced to the region in the sixteenth century [5] [6] [7]

[1]: Savolainen, P., Y. Zhang, J. Luo, J. Lundeberg, and T. Leitner. (2002) "Genetic evidence for an East Asian origin of domestic dogs." Science 298:1610-1613.

[2]: Leonard, J. A., R. K. Wayne, J. Wheeler, R. Valadez, S. Guillén, and C. Vilà. (2002) "Ancient DNA evidence for old world origin of new world dogs." Science 298: 1613-1616.

[3]: Sanders, William T., Jeffrey R. Parsons, and Robert S. Santley. (1979) The Basin of Mexico: Ecological Processes in the Evolution of a Civilization. Academic Press, New York, pg. 285.

[4]: Rosenswig, Robert M. (2015) "A Mosaic of Adaptation: The Archaeological Record for Mesoamerica’s Archaic Period." Journal of Archaeological Research 23(2): 115-162.

[5]: (Hassig 1992, 143) Hassig, Robert. 1992. War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. London; Berkeley: University of California Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/F76EVNU3/itemKey/E9VHCKDG

[6]: Hassig, Ross. (1988) Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pg. 237.

[7]: Hassig, Ross. (1992) War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. Berkeley: University of California Press, pg.163.


13 Oaxaca - Tierras Largas absent Confident Expert -
Hassig lists war dogs among the new military "technologies" the Spanish introduced to the region in the sixteenth century [1]

[1]: (Hassig 1992, 143) Hassig, Robert. 1992. War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. London; Berkeley: University of California Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/F76EVNU3/itemKey/E9VHCKDG


14 Early Formative Basin of Mexico absent Confident Expert -
Although domesticated dogs were present during this period, [1] [2] their function is unclear (food and/or hunting), [3] [4] and war dogs were unknown in Mesoamerica at the time of the Spanish Conquest; indeed, Hassig lists war dogs among the new military "technologies" the Spanish introduced to the region in the sixteenth century [5] [6] [7]

[1]: Savolainen, P., Y. Zhang, J. Luo, J. Lundeberg, and T. Leitner. (2002) "Genetic evidence for an East Asian origin of domestic dogs." Science 298:1610-1613.

[2]: Leonard, J. A., R. K. Wayne, J. Wheeler, R. Valadez, S. Guillén, and C. Vilà. (2002) "Ancient DNA evidence for old world origin of new world dogs." Science 298: 1613-1616.

[3]: Sanders, William T., Jeffrey R. Parsons, and Robert S. Santley. (1979) The Basin of Mexico: Ecological Processes in the Evolution of a Civilization. Academic Press, New York, pg. 285.

[4]: Rosenswig, Robert M. (2015) "A Mosaic of Adaptation: The Archaeological Record for Mesoamerica’s Archaic Period." Journal of Archaeological Research 23(2): 115-162.

[5]: (Hassig 1992, 143) Hassig, Robert. 1992. War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. London; Berkeley: University of California Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/F76EVNU3/itemKey/E9VHCKDG

[6]: Hassig, Ross. (1988) Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pg. 237.

[7]: Hassig, Ross. (1992) War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. Berkeley: University of California Press, pg.163.


15 Late Formative Basin of Mexico absent Confident Expert -
Hassig lists war dogs among the new military "technologies" the Spanish introduced to the region in the sixteenth century [1]

[1]: (Hassig 1992, 143) Hassig, Robert. 1992. War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. London; Berkeley: University of California Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/F76EVNU3/itemKey/E9VHCKDG


16 Middle Formative Basin of Mexico absent Confident Expert -
Although domesticated dogs were present during this period, [1] [2] their function is unclear (food and/or hunting), [3] [4] and war dogs were unknown in Mesoamerica at the time of the Spanish Conquest; indeed, Hassig lists war dogs among the new military "technologies" the Spanish introduced to the region in the sixteenth century [5] [6] [7]

[1]: Savolainen, P., Y. Zhang, J. Luo, J. Lundeberg, and T. Leitner. (2002) "Genetic evidence for an East Asian origin of domestic dogs." Science 298:1610-1613.

[2]: Leonard, J. A., R. K. Wayne, J. Wheeler, R. Valadez, S. Guillén, and C. Vilà. (2002) "Ancient DNA evidence for old world origin of new world dogs." Science 298: 1613-1616.

[3]: Sanders, William T., Jeffrey R. Parsons, and Robert S. Santley. (1979) The Basin of Mexico: Ecological Processes in the Evolution of a Civilization. Academic Press, New York, pg. 285.

[4]: Rosenswig, Robert M. (2015) "A Mosaic of Adaptation: The Archaeological Record for Mesoamerica’s Archaic Period." Journal of Archaeological Research 23(2): 115-162.

[5]: (Hassig 1992, 143) Hassig, Robert. 1992. War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. London; Berkeley: University of California Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/F76EVNU3/itemKey/E9VHCKDG

[6]: Hassig, Ross. (1988) Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pg. 237.

[7]: Hassig, Ross. (1992) War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. Berkeley: University of California Press, pg.163.


17 Initial Formative Basin of Mexico absent Confident Expert -
Hassig lists war dogs among the new military "technologies" the Spanish introduced to the region in the sixteenth century [1]

[1]: (Hassig 1992, 143) Hassig, Robert. 1992. War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. London; Berkeley: University of California Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/F76EVNU3/itemKey/E9VHCKDG


18 Middle Postclassic Basin of Mexico absent Confident Expert -
Although domesticated dogs were present during this period, [1] [2] their function is unclear (food and/or hunting), [3] [4] and war dogs were unknown in Mesoamerica at the time of the Spanish Conquest; indeed, Hassig lists war dogs among the new military "technologies" the Spanish introduced to the region in the sixteenth century [5] [6] [7]

[1]: Savolainen, P., Y. Zhang, J. Luo, J. Lundeberg, and T. Leitner. (2002) "Genetic evidence for an East Asian origin of domestic dogs." Science 298:1610-1613.

[2]: Leonard, J. A., R. K. Wayne, J. Wheeler, R. Valadez, S. Guillén, and C. Vilà. (2002) "Ancient DNA evidence for old world origin of new world dogs." Science 298: 1613-1616.

[3]: Sanders, William T., Jeffrey R. Parsons, and Robert S. Santley. (1979) The Basin of Mexico: Ecological Processes in the Evolution of a Civilization. Academic Press, New York, pg. 285.

[4]: Rosenswig, Robert M. (2015) "A Mosaic of Adaptation: The Archaeological Record for Mesoamerica’s Archaic Period." Journal of Archaeological Research 23(2): 115-162.

[5]: (Hassig 1992, 143) Hassig, Robert. 1992. War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. London; Berkeley: University of California Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/F76EVNU3/itemKey/E9VHCKDG

[6]: Hassig, Ross. (1988) Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pg. 237.

[7]: Hassig, Ross. (1992) War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. Berkeley: University of California Press, pg.163.


19 Oaxaca - Rosario absent Confident Expert -
Hassig lists war dogs among the new military "technologies" the Spanish introduced to the region in the sixteenth century [1]

[1]: (Hassig 1992, 143) Hassig, Robert. 1992. War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. London; Berkeley: University of California Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/F76EVNU3/itemKey/E9VHCKDG


20 Oaxaca - San Jose absent Confident Expert -
Hassig lists war dogs among the new military "technologies" the Spanish introduced to the region in the sixteenth century [1]

[1]: (Hassig 1992, 143) Hassig, Robert. 1992. War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. London; Berkeley: University of California Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/F76EVNU3/itemKey/E9VHCKDG


21 Toltecs absent Confident Expert -
Although domesticated dogs were present during this period, [1] [2] their function is unclear (food and/or hunting), [3] [4] and war dogs were unknown in Mesoamerica at the time of the Spanish Conquest; indeed, Hassig lists war dogs among the new military "technologies" the Spanish introduced to the region in the sixteenth century [5] [6] [7]

[1]: Savolainen, P., Y. Zhang, J. Luo, J. Lundeberg, and T. Leitner. (2002) "Genetic evidence for an East Asian origin of domestic dogs." Science 298:1610-1613.

[2]: Leonard, J. A., R. K. Wayne, J. Wheeler, R. Valadez, S. Guillén, and C. Vilà. (2002) "Ancient DNA evidence for old world origin of new world dogs." Science 298: 1613-1616.

[3]: Sanders, William T., Jeffrey R. Parsons, and Robert S. Santley. (1979) The Basin of Mexico: Ecological Processes in the Evolution of a Civilization. Academic Press, New York, pg. 285.

[4]: Rosenswig, Robert M. (2015) "A Mosaic of Adaptation: The Archaeological Record for Mesoamerica’s Archaic Period." Journal of Archaeological Research 23(2): 115-162.

[5]: (Hassig 1992, 143) Hassig, Robert. 1992. War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. London; Berkeley: University of California Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/F76EVNU3/itemKey/E9VHCKDG

[6]: Hassig, Ross. (1988) Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pg. 237.

[7]: Hassig, Ross. (1992) War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. Berkeley: University of California Press, pg.163.


22 Ptolemaic Kingdom I absent Confident Expert -
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23 Canaan absent Confident Expert -
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24 Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic absent Confident Expert -
Inferred due to lack of evidence of warfare [1]

[1]: (Kenoyer 1991, p. 347)


25 Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic absent Confident Expert -
Inferred due to lack of evidence of warfare [1]

[1]: (Kenoyer 1991, p. 347)


26 Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period absent Confident Expert -
There is no evidence for organized warfare at Pirak. [1]

[1]: Jarrige, J-F. (1979) Fouilles de Pirak. Paris : Diffusion de Boccard.


27 Yehuda absent Confident Expert -
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28 Yisrael absent Confident Expert -
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29 Abbasid Caliphate II absent Confident Expert -
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30 Ayutthaya absent Inferred Expert -
Inferred from the fact that horses and elephants are the only animals mentioned in Charney’s [1] comprehensive summary of Southeast Asian military technology and organisation between the early modern period and the nineteenth century.

[1]: (Charney 2004)


31 Rattanakosin absent Inferred Expert -
Inferred from the fact that horses and elephants are the only animals mentioned in Charney’s [1] comprehensive summary of Southeast Asian military technology and organisation between the early modern period and the nineteenth century.

[1]: (Charney 2004)


32 Byzantine Empire I absent Confident Expert -
Preiser-Kapeller says absent. [1]

[1]: (Johannes Preiser-Kapeller 2015) Institute for Medieval Research, Division of Byzantine Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences)


33 Ptolemaic Kingdom II absent Confident Expert -
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34 Jenne-jeno II absent Confident Expert -
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35 Ashanti Empire absent Confident Expert -
The sources establish no connection between domesticated animals and warfare logistics.
36 Early Illinois Confederation absent Inferred Expert -
Not mentioned by sources. [1] [2]

[1]: Illinois State Museum, Illinois Society: Warfare (2000), http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/nat_amer/post/htmls/soc_war.html

[2]: Illinois State Museum, The Illinois, Technology: Weapons (2000), http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/nat_amer/post/htmls/te_houses.html


37 Cahokia - Early Woodland absent Inferred Expert -
Inferred from the following. "About two millennia ago, during the Middle Woodland period, which spanned several hundred years, intergroup conflict ending in violence was largely absent from eastern North America. Compared to both earlier Archaic hunter-gatherers and later village agriculturalists, few Middle Woodland skeletons have projectile points lodged in bones, distinctive stone-axe injuries, or signs of mutilation such as decapitation and scalping. [...] The scarcity of such injuries is not a result of inadequate sampling, since there are large and well-preserved skeletal collections dating to this period, especially from the Midwest. A rather sudden adoption of food-procurement practices that shifted the balance between resources and consumers to a time of relative plenty presumably played a big part in establishing conditions conducive to openness among otherwise separate groups." [1]

[1]: (Milner, Chaplin and Zavodny 2013, 96-97) Milner, George, George Chaplin, and Emily Zavodny. 2013. “Conflict and Societal Change in Late Prehistoric Eastern North America.” Evolutionary Anthropology 22: 96-102. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/PAF8KM8K/itemKey/QR77EGA6


38 Cahokia - Late Woodland II absent Inferred Expert -
Inferred from the following. "About two millennia ago, during the Middle Woodland period, which spanned several hundred years, intergroup conflict ending in violence was largely absent from eastern North America. Compared to both earlier Archaic hunter-gatherers and later village agriculturalists, few Middle Woodland skeletons have projectile points lodged in bones, distinctive stone-axe injuries, or signs of mutilation such as decapitation and scalping. [...] The scarcity of such injuries is not a result of inadequate sampling, since there are large and well-preserved skeletal collections dating to this period, especially from the Midwest. A rather sudden adoption of food-procurement practices that shifted the balance between resources and consumers to a time of relative plenty presumably played a big part in establishing conditions conducive to openness among otherwise separate groups." The situation only changed "[l]ate in the first millennium AD". [1]

[1]: (Milner, Chaplin and Zavodny 2013, 96-97) Milner, George, George Chaplin, and Emily Zavodny. 2013. “Conflict and Societal Change in Late Prehistoric Eastern North America.” Evolutionary Anthropology 22: 96-102. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/PAF8KM8K/itemKey/QR77EGA6


39 Cahokia - Middle Woodland absent Inferred Expert -
Inferred from the following. "About two millennia ago, during the Middle Woodland period, which spanned several hundred years, intergroup conflict ending in violence was largely absent from eastern North America. Compared to both earlier Archaic hunter-gatherers and later village agriculturalists, few Middle Woodland skeletons have projectile points lodged in bones, distinctive stone-axe injuries, or signs of mutilation such as decapitation and scalping. [...] The scarcity of such injuries is not a result of inadequate sampling, since there are large and well-preserved skeletal collections dating to this period, especially from the Midwest. A rather sudden adoption of food-procurement practices that shifted the balance between resources and consumers to a time of relative plenty presumably played a big part in establishing conditions conducive to openness among otherwise separate groups." [1]

[1]: (Milner, Chaplin and Zavodny 2013, 96-97) Milner, George, George Chaplin, and Emily Zavodny. 2013. “Conflict and Societal Change in Late Prehistoric Eastern North America.” Evolutionary Anthropology 22: 96-102. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/PAF8KM8K/itemKey/QR77EGA6


40 Cahokia - Late Woodland III absent Inferred Expert -
Inferred from the following. "About two millennia ago, during the Middle Woodland period, which spanned several hundred years, intergroup conflict ending in violence was largely absent from eastern North America. Compared to both earlier Archaic hunter-gatherers and later village agriculturalists, few Middle Woodland skeletons have projectile points lodged in bones, distinctive stone-axe injuries, or signs of mutilation such as decapitation and scalping. [...] The scarcity of such injuries is not a result of inadequate sampling, since there are large and well-preserved skeletal collections dating to this period, especially from the Midwest. A rather sudden adoption of food-procurement practices that shifted the balance between resources and consumers to a time of relative plenty presumably played a big part in establishing conditions conducive to openness among otherwise separate groups." The situation only changed "[l]ate in the first millennium AD". [1]

[1]: (Milner, Chaplin and Zavodny 2013, 96-97) Milner, George, George Chaplin, and Emily Zavodny. 2013. “Conflict and Societal Change in Late Prehistoric Eastern North America.” Evolutionary Anthropology 22: 96-102. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/PAF8KM8K/itemKey/QR77EGA6


41 Hawaii II absent Inferred Expert -
Hawaiians had dogs, but I have found no references to their use in war.
42 Western Jin absent Confident Expert -
Never used in warfare. [1]

[1]: (North China Workshop 2016)


43 Erlitou absent Confident Expert -
Dogs were domesticated at this time. Never used in warfare. [1]

[1]: (North China Workshop 2016)


44 Byzantine Empire II absent Confident Expert -
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45 East Roman Empire absent Confident Expert -
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46 Jenne-jeno IV absent Confident Expert -
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47 Safavid Empire absent Confident Expert -
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48 Ottoman Emirate absent Confident Expert -
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49 Ottoman Empire I absent Confident Expert -
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50 Ottoman Empire II absent Confident Expert -
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51 Jin Dynasty absent Confident Expert -
Never used in warfare. [1]

[1]: (North China Workshop 2016)


52 Sasanid Empire II absent Confident Expert -
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53 Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late absent Confident Expert -
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54 Seleucids absent Inferred Expert -
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55 Monte Alban V absent Confident Expert -
Domestic dogs were present during this period, but were eaten and may not have been used in raiding warfare. [1] [2]

[1]: Marcus, J. and K. V. Flannery (1996). Zapotec civilization: How urban society evolved in Mexico’s Oaxaca Valley, Thames and Hudson London.

[2]: Flannery, K. V. and J. Marcus (1983). "The Cloud People." New York, p36


56 Terminal Formative Basin of Mexico absent Confident Expert -
Hassig lists war dogs among the new military "technologies" the Spanish introduced to the region in the sixteenth century [1]

[1]: (Hassig 1992, 143) Hassig, Robert. 1992. War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. London; Berkeley: University of California Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/F76EVNU3/itemKey/E9VHCKDG


57 Seljuk Sultanate absent Confident Expert -
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58 Great Ming absent Confident Expert -
Never used in warfare. [1]

[1]: (North China Workshop 2016)


59 Northern Wei absent Confident Expert -
Never used in warfare. [1]

[1]: (North China Workshop 2016)


60 Early Qing absent Confident Expert -
Never used in warfare. [1]

[1]: (North China Workshop 2016)


61 Latium - Bronze Age absent Confident Expert -
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62 Latium - Copper Age absent Confident Expert -
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63 Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic absent Confident Expert -
Inferred due to lack of evidence of warfare [1]

[1]: (Kenoyer 1991, p. 347)


64 Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period absent Confident Expert -
Inferred due to lack of evidence of warfare [1]

[1]: (Kenoyer 1991, p. 347)


65 Sakha - Early absent Inferred Expert -
Some of the sources mentioned horses, but not any other animals used in warfare
66 Sakha - Late absent Inferred Expert -
Some of the sources mentioned horses, but not any other animals used in warfare
67 Latium - Iron Age absent Confident Expert -
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68 Ostrogothic Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
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69 Byzantine Empire III absent Confident Expert -
Preiser-Kapeller says absent. [1]

[1]: (Preiser-Kapeller 2015) Institute for Medieval Research, Division of Byzantine Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences)


70 Rome - Republic of St Peter II absent Confident Expert -
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71 Papal States - High Medieval Period absent Confident Expert -
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72 Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early absent Confident Expert -
Dogs were traditionally used as pack animals. No mention of military use has been found.
73 Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period absent Confident Expert -
Hawaiians had dogs, but I have found no references to their use in war.
74 Papal States - Early Modern Period II absent Confident Expert -
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75 Sui Dynasty absent Confident Expert -
Never used in warfare. [1]

[1]: (North China Workshop 2016)


76 Western Roman Empire - Late Antiquity absent Confident Expert -
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77 Tang Dynasty I absent Confident Expert -
Never used in warfare. [1]

[1]: (North China Workshop 2016)


78 Early Wei Dynasty absent Confident Expert -
Never used in warfare. [1]

[1]: (North China Workshop 2016)


79 Western Zhou absent Confident Expert -
Never used in warfare. [1]

[1]: (North China Conference 2016)


80 Yangshao absent Inferred Expert -
Dogs not known to have been domesticated at this time.
81 Early A'chik absent Confident Expert -
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82 Late A'chik absent Confident Expert -
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83 Jenne-jeno I absent Confident Expert -
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84 Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period absent Confident Expert -
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85 Chuuk - Late Truk absent Inferred Expert -
So far, no evidence on animals used in warfare has been found.
86 Kediri Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
Not specified in list of animals used in warfare. [1]

[1]: (Hall 2000, 65)


87 Eastern Han Empire absent Confident Expert -
Never used in warfare. [1]

[1]: (North China Workshop 2016)


88 Erligang absent Confident Expert -
Dogs were domesticated at this time. Never used in warfare. [1]

[1]: (North China Workshop 2016)


89 Jin absent Confident Expert -
Never used in warfare. [1]

[1]: (North China Workshop 2016)


90 Longshan absent Inferred Expert -
Dogs were domesticated at this time, but never known to be used in warfare. [1]

[1]: (North China Workshop 2016)


91 Northern Song absent Confident Expert -
Never used in warfare. [1]

[1]: (North China Workshop 2016)


92 Late Qing absent Confident Expert -
Never used in warfare. [1]

[1]: (North China Workshop 2016)


93 Tang Dynasty II absent Confident Expert -
Never used in warfare. [1]

[1]: (North China Workshop 2016)


94 Western Han Empire absent Confident Expert -
Never used in warfare. [1]

[1]: (North China Workshop 2016)


95 Great Yuan absent Confident Expert -
Never used in warfare. [1]

[1]: (North China Workshop 2016)


96 Tairona absent Inferred Expert -
The Taironas had dogs. No mention for the use of warfare, just that on one occasion it is recorded that the Spaniards killed some young dogs because they couldn’t bark. "Acerca de los llamados "perros mudos" Oviedo nos cuenta de Santa Marta: "Este día mataron los españoles tres o quatro perrillos pequeños, gozques y mudos, porque no saben ladrar..." (23, VI, 138)." [1]

[1]: (Reichel-Dolmatoff 1951, 82)


97 Majapahit Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
Not specified in list of animals used in warfare [1]

[1]: (Hall 2000, 65)


98 Chuuk - Early Truk absent Inferred Expert -
So far, no evidence on animals used in warfare has been found.
99 Parthian Empire I absent Inferred Expert -
No mention in sources so far consulted.
100 Hawaii I absent Inferred Expert -
Hawaiians had dogs, but I have found no references to their use in war.
101 Hawaii III absent Inferred Expert -
Hawaiians had dogs, but I have found no references to their use in war.
102 Mataram Sultanate absent Confident Expert -
Not specified in list of animals used in warfare [1]

[1]: (Hall 2000, 65)


103 Mahajanapada era absent Confident Expert -
Dogs are not discussed in relation to warfare at this time. [1]

[1]: Upinder Singh, A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century (New Delhi: Pearson Education, 2008).


104 Roman Kingdom absent Inferred Expert -
RA couldn’t find relevant information, but don’t appear in book on warfare [1] . Expert advice is needed.

[1]: (Fields 2011)


105 Ashikaga Shogunate absent Inferred Expert -
I could find no evidence of dogs - but no sources saying that they were not used either
106 Medang Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
Not specified in list of animals used in warfare. [1]

[1]: (Hall 2000, 65)


107 Japan - Incipient Jomon absent Confident Expert -
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
108 Parthian Empire II absent Inferred Expert -
No mention in sources so far consulted.
109 Japan - Early Jomon absent Confident Expert -
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
110 Japan - Final Jomon absent Confident Expert -
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
111 Papal States - Early Modern Period I absent Confident Expert -
As far as I have read, dogs were not used within the Papal States. The Spanish, however, used war dogs against the natives when conquering the Americas.
112 The Emirate of Crete absent Confident Expert -
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113 Neolithic Crete absent Confident Expert -
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114 Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period absent Inferred Expert -
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115 Japan - Initial Jomon absent Confident Expert -
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful. [1]

[1]: J. Edward Kidder, Jr., ‘The earliest societies in Japan’, in Delmer M. Brown The Cambridge History of Japan, Cambrudge: Cambridge University Press, 1993, p. 61


116 Japan - Middle Jomon absent Confident Expert -
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
117 Japan - Late Jomon absent Confident Expert -
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
118 Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty absent Confident Expert -
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119 Egypt - Late Old Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
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120 Early Mongols absent Confident Expert -
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121 Classical Angkor absent Inferred Expert -
Dogs are not held in high esteem and fighting with them would be disgraceful. Jacq-Hergoualc’h’ (2007) exhaustive discussion of the military structure and weaponry of the Khmers makes no mention of the use of camels, dogs, or donkeys. [1] ’Only dogs are forbidden entry through the gates [of Angkor Thom]. ’The wall is a very regular square, and on each side is a stone tower. Criminals who have had their toes cut are also forbidden entry.’ [2]

[1]: (Jacq-Hergoualc’h and Smithies 2007)

[2]: (Zhou and Smithies 2001, p. 19)


122 Early Angkor absent Inferred Expert -
Dogs are not held in high esteem and fighting with them would be disgraceful. Jacq-Hergoualc’h’ (2007) exhaustive discussion of the military structure and weaponry of the Khmers makes no mention of the use of camels, dogs, or donkeys. [1] ’Only dogs are forbidden entry through the gates [of Angkor Thom]. ’The wall is a very regular square, and on each side is a stone tower. Criminals who have had their toes cut are also forbidden entry.’ [2]

[1]: (Jacq-Hergoualc’h and Smithies 2007)

[2]: (Zhou and Smithies 2001, p. 19)


123 Late Angkor absent Inferred Expert -
Dogs are not held in high esteem and fighting with them would be disgraceful. Jacq-Hergoualc’h’ (2007) exhaustive discussion of the military structure and weaponry of the Khmers makes no mention of the use of camels, dogs, or donkeys. [1] ’Only dogs are forbidden entry through the gates [of Angkor Thom]. ’The wall is a very regular square, and on each side is a stone tower. Criminals who have had their toes cut are also forbidden entry.’ [2]

[1]: (Jacq-Hergoualc’h and Smithies 2007)

[2]: (Zhou and Smithies 2001, p. 19)


124 Khmer Kingdom absent Inferred Expert -
Dogs are not held in high esteem and fighting with them would be disgraceful. Jacq-Hergoualc’h’ (2007) exhaustive discussion of the military structure and weaponry of the Khmers makes no mention of the use of camels, dogs, or donkeys. [1] ’Only dogs are forbidden entry through the gates [of Angkor Thom]. ’The wall is a very regular square, and on each side is a stone tower. Criminals who have had their toes cut are also forbidden entry.’ [2]

[1]: (Jacq-Hergoualc’h and Smithies 2007)

[2]: (Zhou and Smithies 2001, p. 19)


125 Bamana kingdom absent Inferred Expert -
Not mentioned in discussion of "Horses and other animals used in war" for pre-colonial West Africa. [1]

[1]: (Smith 1989, 89-91) Robert Sydney Smith. 1989. Warfare & Diplomacy in Pre-colonial West Africa. Second Edition. The University of Wisconsin Press. Madison.


126 Segou Kingdom absent Inferred Expert -
Not mentioned in discussion of "Horses and other animals used in war" for pre-colonial West Africa. [1]

[1]: (Smith 1989, 89-91) Robert Sydney Smith. 1989. Warfare & Diplomacy in Pre-colonial West Africa. Second Edition. The University of Wisconsin Press. Madison.


127 Mongol Empire absent Confident Expert -
Never used in warfare. [1]

[1]: (North China Workshop 2016)


128 Early Monte Alban I absent Confident Expert -
Hassig lists war dogs among the new military "technologies" the Spanish introduced to the region in the sixteenth century [1]

[1]: (Hassig 1992, 143) Hassig, Robert. 1992. War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. London; Berkeley: University of California Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/F76EVNU3/itemKey/E9VHCKDG


129 Monte Alban Late I absent Confident Expert -
Hassig lists war dogs among the new military "technologies" the Spanish introduced to the region in the sixteenth century [1]

[1]: (Hassig 1992, 143) Hassig, Robert. 1992. War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. London; Berkeley: University of California Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/F76EVNU3/itemKey/E9VHCKDG


130 Monte Alban II absent Confident Expert -
Hassig lists war dogs among the new military "technologies" the Spanish introduced to the region in the sixteenth century [1]

[1]: (Hassig 1992, 143) Hassig, Robert. 1992. War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. London; Berkeley: University of California Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/F76EVNU3/itemKey/E9VHCKDG


131 Monte Alban III absent Confident Expert -
Hassig lists war dogs among the new military "technologies" the Spanish introduced to the region in the sixteenth century [1]

[1]: (Hassig 1992, 143) Hassig, Robert. 1992. War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. London; Berkeley: University of California Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/F76EVNU3/itemKey/E9VHCKDG


132 Monte Alban IIIB and IV absent Confident Expert -
Hassig lists war dogs among the new military "technologies" the Spanish introduced to the region in the sixteenth century [1]

[1]: (Hassig 1992, 143) Hassig, Robert. 1992. War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. London; Berkeley: University of California Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/F76EVNU3/itemKey/E9VHCKDG


133 Archaic Basin of Mexico absent Confident Expert -
Hassig lists war dogs among the new military "technologies" the Spanish introduced to the region in the sixteenth century [1]

[1]: (Hassig 1992, 143) Hassig, Robert. 1992. War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. London; Berkeley: University of California Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/F76EVNU3/itemKey/E9VHCKDG


134 Carolingian Empire II present Confident Expert -
David Baker says present. [1]

[1]: David Baker. Personal communication to Seshat Databank.


135 Shuar - Ecuadorian present Confident Expert -
The terrible custom demands ever new, ever more victims, all security must disappear, every individual constantly lives in danger of being ambushed; there is a general and permanent state of war. Hence the arrangement of the houses, one door of which can be used for flight, while the battle rages at the other; hence the customs mentioned at the beginning in connection with approaching a dwelling, for the protection of which, in addition, a pack of half-wild dogs are kept. [1] At least one or two dogs are kept in most households. These not only aid in hunting in the forest, as mentioned earlier, but also protect the garden crops, including the manioc tubers, from devastation by agouti and other rodents. A family without a good hunting dog lives in fear of losing much of its garden produce within a few months. An equally important service that they provide is to act as watchdogs against surprise attacks. Leashed to beds in the women’s end of the house (see Plate 11), their slightest barking usually results in the household head seizing his gun and preparing to defend himself and his family. Since the dogs’ barking indicates that the intended victim has been alerted, the attacking party generally withdraws. Interestingly, the name for dog, niawá, is the same term used to designate the feared and respected jaguar. [2]

[1]: Reiss, W. (Wilhelm) 1880. “Visit Among The Jivaro Indians”, 13

[2]: Harner, Michael J. 1973. “Jívaro: People Of The Sacred Waterfalls.”, 63


136 Susiana - Late Ubaid present Confident Expert -
Dogs were used to defend villages against attacking humans/animals [1]

[1]: (Leverani 2014, 41-44) Liverani, Mario. Tabatabai, Soraia trans. 2014. The Ancient Near East. History, society and economy. Routledge. London.


137 Konya Plain - Ceramic Neolithic present Confident Expert -
Dogs were used to defend villages against attacking humans/animals [1]

[1]: (Leverani 2014, 41-44) Liverani, Mario. Tabatabai, Soraia trans. 2014. The Ancient Near East. History, society and economy. Routledge. London.


138 Formative Period present Confident Expert -
Dogs were used to defend villages against attacking humans/animals [1]

[1]: (Leverani 2014, 41-44) Liverani, Mario. Tabatabai, Soraia trans. 2014. The Ancient Near East. History, society and economy. Routledge. London.


139 Carolingian Empire I present Confident Expert -
David Baker says present. [1]

[1]: David Baker. Personal communication to Seshat Databank.


140 Susiana - Early Ubaid present Confident Expert -
Dogs were used to defend villages against attacking humans/animals [1]

[1]: (Leverani 2014, 41-44) Liverani, Mario. Tabatabai, Soraia trans. 2014. The Ancient Near East. History, society and economy. Routledge. London.


141 Konya Plain - Early Chalcolithic present Confident Expert -
Dogs were used to defend villages against attacking humans/animals [1]

[1]: (Leverani 2014, 41-44) Liverani, Mario. Tabatabai, Soraia trans. 2014. The Ancient Near East. History, society and economy. Routledge. London.


142 Susa II present Confident Expert -
Dogs were used to defend villages against attacking humans/animals [1]

[1]: (Leverani 2014, 41-44) Liverani, Mario. Tabatabai, Soraia trans. 2014. The Ancient Near East. History, society and economy. Routledge. London.


143 Papal States - Renaissance Period present Confident Expert -
Wardogs were used by the Spanish against native tribes during the conquest of the Americas.
144 Susa I present Confident Expert -
Dogs were used to defend villages against attacking humans/animals [1]

[1]: (Leverani 2014, 41-44) Liverani, Mario. Tabatabai, Soraia trans. 2014. The Ancient Near East. History, society and economy. Routledge. London.


145 Susa III present Confident Expert -
Dogs were used to defend villages against attacking humans/animals [1]

[1]: (Leverani 2014, 41-44) Liverani, Mario. Tabatabai, Soraia trans. 2014. The Ancient Near East. History, society and economy. Routledge. London.


146 Iban - Pre-Brooke present Confident Expert -
"Men not possessing guns patrol their farms once or more during the night armed with a long-handled, hunting spear (sangkoh) and a bush-knife (duku), and often accompanied by dogs." [1]

[1]: Freeman 1955, 59


147 Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial present Confident Expert -
Men not possessing guns patrol their farms once or more during the night armed with a long-handled, hunting spear (sangkoh) and a bush-knife (duku), and often accompanied by dogs. [1]

[1]: Freeman 1955, 59


148 Middle Wagadu Empire present Inferred Expert -
guard dogs at the palace of the king [1]

[1]: (Al-Bakri 1068 CE in Levtzion and Spaulding 2003, 16)


149 Later Wagadu Empire present Inferred Expert -
guard dogs at the palace of the king [1]

[1]: (Al-Bakri 1068 CE in Levtzion and Spaulding 2003, 16)


150 Ghur Principality present Inferred Expert -
Sent a breed of fierce dogs as part of their tribute to the Seljuks [1]

[1]: (Bosworth 2012) Bosworth, Edmund C. 2012. GHURIDS. Encyclopaedia Iranica. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ghurids


151 Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic present Confident Expert 5000 BCE 4250 BCE
present until 4250, based on the previous polity as mentioned in the overall description above, and suspected unknown thereafter
152 Konya Plain - Late Neolithic present Confident Expert -
At the site of Can Hasan, two pairs of skeletons were found buried under the threshold [1] . At Çatalhöyük, bones of domesticated dogs occur. Dogs were treated like wild animals, being eaten during rituals. Their remains occur mainly in middens in abandoned houses [2] . Dogs were used to defend villages against attacking humans/animals [3]

[1]: French D.H. 1968. Excavations at Can Hasan 1967: seventh preliminary report. Anatolian Studies 18. pg.52 .

[2]: Hodder I. 2007.The Leopard’s Tale: Revealing the Mysteries of Çatalhöyük, London. pg.76-77.

[3]: (Leverani 2014, 41-44) Liverani, Mario. Tabatabai, Soraia trans. 2014. The Ancient Near East. History, society and economy. Routledge. London.


153 Late Roman Republic present Confident Expert -
Romans kept geese as intruder alarms along with sentry dogs as they were more sensitive to intruders. [1]

[1]: (Mayor 2014, 288) Adrienne Mayor. Animals in Warfare. Gordon Lindsay Campbell. ed. 2014. The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life. Oxford University Press. Oxford.


154 Early Dynastic present Confident Expert -
scene at cylindrical seal [1]

[1]: Hamblin 2006, 50


155 Neo-Assyrian Empire present Confident Expert -
"The earliest artistic evidence for war dogs appears on an Assyrian stone relief, c.600 BC, at Birs Nimrud (Iraq). It depicts a warrior carrying a shield and leading a large, armoured mastiff." [1]

[1]: (Mayor 2014, 287) Adrienne Mayor. Animals in Warfare. Gordon Lindsay Campbell. ed. 2014. The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life. Oxford University Press. Oxford.


156 Kingdom of Lydia present Confident Expert -
"When the Cimmmerians, who have strange and beastly physiques, campaigned against him, Alyattes with the rest of his army led out to battle the fiercest war-dogs. They fastened on the barbarians as if they were wild beasts, killed many of them and compelled the remainder to flee shamefully." Account by Polyaenus. [1] The Lydian king Alyattes used hounds against the Cimmerians in the sixth century BCE, apparently to great effect. [2]

[1]: Pedley, J.G. 1972. Ancient Literary Sources on Sardis. Achaeological Exploration of Sardis. Monograph 2. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. p.25

[2]: (Mayor 2014, 287) Adrienne Mayor. Animals in Warfare. Gordon Lindsay Campbell. ed. 2014. The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life. Oxford University Press. Oxford.


157 Roman Empire - Principate present Confident Expert -
Wardogs were attached to units and were used by sentries and patrols. Garrett will check whether they were used in battle. Romans kept geese as intruder alarms along with sentry dogs as they were more sensitive to intruders. [1]

[1]: (Mayor 2014, 288) Adrienne Mayor. Animals in Warfare. Gordon Lindsay Campbell. ed. 2014. The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life. Oxford University Press. Oxford.


158 Peiligang present Inferred Expert -
"Dogs and pigs were the domesticated animals." [1]

[1]: (Liu and Chen 2012: 144, 107) Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/DE5TU7HY.


159 Susiana - Muhammad Jaffar present Confident Expert -
Dogs were used to defend villages against attacking humans/animals [1]

[1]: (Leverani 2014, 41-44) Liverani, Mario. Tabatabai, Soraia trans. 2014. The Ancient Near East. History, society and economy. Routledge. London.


160 Ur - Dynasty III present Confident Expert -
[1]

[1]: Tsouparopoulou 2012, 1-16


161 Elam - Awan Dynasty I present Confident Expert -
Dogs were used to defend villages against attacking humans/animals [1]

[1]: (Leverani 2014, 41-44) Liverani, Mario. Tabatabai, Soraia trans. 2014. The Ancient Near East. History, society and economy. Routledge. London.


162 Buyid Confederation present Confident Expert -
"Adud al-Daula agreed to leave the Baloch if every family would furnish him with a dog. After the Baloch sent him the dogs, these were sent back with burning naphtha on their necks. In the mayhem that followed the burning dogs, the army entered the valley from the narrow pass and massacred the Baloch. With the use of this innovative tactic, he was able to burn the whole settlement of the Baloch and annihilate the population." [1]

[1]: (Dashti 2012) Dashti, Naseer. 2012. The Baloch and Balochistan: A historical account from the Beginning to the fall of the Baloch State. Trafford Publishing.


163 Susiana A present Confident Expert -
Dogs were used to defend villages against attacking humans/animals [1]

[1]: (Leverani 2014, 41-44) Liverani, Mario. Tabatabai, Soraia trans. 2014. The Ancient Near East. History, society and economy. Routledge. London.


164 Susiana B present Confident Expert -
Dogs were used to defend villages against attacking humans/animals [1]

[1]: (Leverani 2014, 41-44) Liverani, Mario. Tabatabai, Soraia trans. 2014. The Ancient Near East. History, society and economy. Routledge. London.


165 Shuar - Colonial present Confident Expert -
Ethnographers report the use of watchdogs: ’The terrible custom demands ever new, ever more victims, all security must disappear, every individual constantly lives in danger of being ambushed; there is a general and permanent state of war. Hence the arrangement of the houses, one door of which can be used for flight, while the battle rages at the other; hence the customs mentioned at the beginning in connection with approaching a dwelling, for the protection of which, in addition, a pack of half-wild dogs are kept.’ [1] ’At least one or two dogs are kept in most households. These not only aid in hunting in the forest, as mentioned earlier, but also protect the garden crops, including the manioc tubers, from devastation by agouti and other rodents. A family without a good hunting dog lives in fear of losing much of its garden produce within a few months. An equally important service that they provide is to act as watchdogs against surprise attacks. Leashed to beds in the women’s end of the house (see Plate 11), their slightest barking usually results in the household head seizing his gun and preparing to defend himself and his family. Since the dogs’ barking indicates that the intended victim has been alerted, the attacking party generally withdraws. Interestingly, the name for dog, niawá, is the same term used to designate the feared and respected jaguar.’ [2] Given the defensive advantage conveyed by watchdogs, we have decided to include them in the code.

[1]: Reiss, W. (Wilhelm) 1880. “Visit Among The Jivaro Indians”, 13

[2]: Harner, Michael J. 1973. “Jívaro: People Of The Sacred Waterfalls.”, 63


166 Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic unknown Suspected Expert 4249 BCE 3001 BCE
present until 4250, based on the previous polity as mentioned in the overall description above, and suspected unknown thereafter
167 Konya Plain - Early Neolithic unknown Suspected Expert -
No information in the archaeological evidence for this time but there is evidence they were used for hunting and guarding purposes. [1]

[1]: (Leverani 2014, 36) Liverani, Mario. Tabatabai, Soraia trans. 2014. The Ancient Near East. History, society and economy. Routledge. London.


168 Roman Empire - Dominate unknown Suspected Expert -
Romans kept geese as intruder alarms along with sentry dogs as they were more sensitive to intruders. [1]

[1]: (Mayor 2014, 288) Adrienne Mayor. Animals in Warfare. Gordon Lindsay Campbell. ed. 2014. The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life. Oxford University Press. Oxford.


169 Phrygian Kingdom unknown Suspected Expert -
Dogs are known only from drawings depicting hunting [1] .

[1]: Roller, L., 1999, “Early Phrygian Drawings from Gordion and the Elements of Phrygian Artistic Style”, Anatolian Studies, Vol. 49, pg:145


170 Chalcolithic Middle Ganga unknown Suspected Expert -
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171 Neolithic Middle Ganga unknown Suspected Expert -
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172 Mali Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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173 Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty unknown Suspected Expert -
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174 Eastern Turk Khaganate unknown Suspected Expert -
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175 Khitan I unknown Suspected Expert -
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176 Beaker Culture unknown Suspected Expert -
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177 Hallstatt A-B1 unknown Suspected Expert -
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178 Hallstatt C unknown Suspected Expert -
Not mentioned in the literature.
179 Hallstatt D unknown Suspected Expert -
Not mentioned in the literature.
180 Proto-Carolingian unknown Suspected Expert -
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181 La Tene A-B1 unknown Suspected Expert -
Not mentioned in the literature.
182 La Tene B2-C1 unknown Suspected Expert -
Not mentioned in the literature.
183 Tocharians unknown Suspected Expert -
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184 Neguanje unknown Suspected Expert -
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185 Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period unknown Suspected Expert -
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186 Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I unknown Suspected Expert -
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187 Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III unknown Suspected Expert -
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188 Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II unknown Suspected Expert -
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189 Egypt - Middle Kingdom unknown Suspected Expert -
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190 Egypt - Classic Old Kingdom unknown Suspected Expert -
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191 Egypt - Period of the Regions unknown Suspected Expert -
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192 Egypt - Saite Period unknown Suspected Expert -
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193 Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period unknown Suspected Expert -
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194 Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period unknown Suspected Expert -
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195 Spanish Empire I unknown Suspected Expert -
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196 French Kingdom - Early Bourbon unknown Suspected Expert -
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197 French Kingdom - Late Bourbon unknown Suspected Expert -
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198 Proto-French Kingdom unknown Suspected Expert -
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199 French Kingdom - Late Capetian unknown Suspected Expert -
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200 French Kingdom - Early Valois unknown Suspected Expert -
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201 French Kingdom - Late Valois unknown Suspected Expert -
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202 British Empire II unknown Suspected Expert -
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203 Old Palace Crete unknown Confident Expert -
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204 Prepalatial Crete unknown Suspected Expert -
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205 Java - Buni Culture unknown Suspected Expert -
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206 Kalingga Kingdom unknown Suspected Expert -
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207 Kingdom of Ayodhya unknown Suspected Expert -
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208 Chalukyas of Badami unknown Suspected Expert -
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209 Chalukyas of Kalyani unknown Suspected Expert -
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210 Deccan - Iron Age unknown Suspected Expert -
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211 Post-Mauryan Kingdoms unknown Suspected Expert -
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212 Deccan - Neolithic unknown Suspected Expert -
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213 Delhi Sultanate unknown Suspected Expert -
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214 Greco-Bactrian Kingdom unknown Suspected Expert -
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215 Kushan Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
requires expert opinion
216 Hmong - Late Qing unknown Suspected Expert -
we need expert input in order to code this variable
217 Badarian unknown Suspected Expert -
No data.
218 Egypt - Dynasty I unknown Suspected Expert -
While the dogs took part in hunting, it is unknown if they also participated in military expeditions.
219 Naqada I unknown Suspected Expert -
While the dogs took part in hunting, it is unknown if they also participated in military expeditions.
220 Egypt - Dynasty 0 unknown Suspected Expert -
While the dogs took part in hunting, it is unknown if they also participated in military expeditions.
221 Gahadavala Dynasty unknown Suspected Expert -
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222 Hoysala Kingdom unknown Suspected Expert -
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223 Kadamba Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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224 Kampili Kingdom unknown Suspected Expert -
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225 Mughal Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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226 Satavahana Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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227 Vakataka Kingdom unknown Suspected Expert -
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228 Vijayanagara Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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229 Abbasid Caliphate I unknown Suspected Expert -
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230 Akkadian Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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231 Southern Mesopotamia Neolithic unknown Suspected Expert -
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232 Ak Koyunlu unknown Suspected Expert -
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233 Elam - Crisis Period unknown Suspected Expert -
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234 Elymais II unknown Suspected Expert -
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235 Elam - Kidinuid Period unknown Suspected Expert -
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236 Elam - Igihalkid Period unknown Suspected Expert -
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237 Elam - Shutrukid Period unknown Suspected Expert -
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238 Elam I unknown Suspected Expert -
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239 Elam II unknown Suspected Expert -
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240 Elam III unknown Suspected Expert -
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241 Qajar unknown Suspected Expert -
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242 Sasanid Empire I unknown Suspected Expert -
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243 Elam - Shimashki Period unknown Suspected Expert -
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244 Elam - Early Sukkalmah unknown Suspected Expert -
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245 Elam - Late Sukkalmah unknown Suspected Expert -
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246 Exarchate of Ravenna unknown Confident Expert -
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247 Republic of St Peter I unknown Confident Expert -
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248 Asuka unknown Suspected Expert -
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249 Kansai - Kofun Period unknown Suspected Expert -
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250 Kansai - Yayoi Period unknown Suspected Expert -
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251 Kara-Khanids unknown Suspected Expert -
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252 Western Turk Khaganate unknown Suspected Expert -
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253 Bronze Age Cambodia unknown Suspected Expert -
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254 Bronze Age Cambodia unknown Suspected Expert -
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255 Andronovo unknown Suspected Expert -
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256 Saadi Sultanate unknown Suspected Expert -
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257 Uruk unknown Suspected Expert -
There are known seals or sealings depicting the dogs, so they were kept at the sites as a pets or hunting dogs. However there is no clear evidence for used them in warfare. [1]

[1]: Rothman 1994, 115


258 Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama unknown Suspected Expert -
could find no evidence of dogs - but no sources saying that they were not used either
259 Nara Kingdom unknown Suspected Expert -
I could find no evidence of dogs - but no sources saying that they were not used either
260 Chenla unknown Suspected Expert -
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261 Funan I unknown Suspected Expert -
No references in the literature.
262 Funan II unknown Suspected Expert -
unknown: No references in the literature.
263 Phoenician Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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264 Late Mongols unknown Suspected Expert -
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265 Rouran Khaganate unknown Suspected Expert -
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266 Shiwei unknown Suspected Expert -
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267 Second Turk Khaganate unknown Suspected Expert -
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268 Uigur Khaganate unknown Suspected Expert -
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269 Xianbei Confederation unknown Suspected Expert -
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270 Early Xiongnu unknown Suspected Expert -
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271 Late Xiongnu unknown Suspected Expert -
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272 Xiongnu Imperial Confederation unknown Suspected Expert -
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273 Zungharian Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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274 Indo-Greek Kingdom unknown Suspected Expert -
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275 Sind - Abbasid-Fatimid Period unknown Suspected Expert -
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276 Sind - Samma Dynasty unknown Suspected Expert -
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277 Umayyad Caliphate unknown Suspected Expert -
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278 Sarazm unknown Suspected Expert -
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279 Fatimid Caliphate unknown Suspected Expert -
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280 Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II unknown Suspected Expert -
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281 Hatti - New Kingdom unknown Suspected Expert -
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282 Neo-Hittite Kingdoms unknown Suspected Expert -
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283 Ottoman Empire III unknown Suspected Expert -
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284 Rum Sultanate unknown Suspected Expert -
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285 Proto-Haudenosaunee Confederacy unknown Suspected Expert -
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286 Kingdom of Norway II unknown Confident Expert -
[Cannot recall any examples of dogs being used in warfare in Iceland. Should probably be ‘inferred present’ at most.] We have coded ’unknown’ for the time being.
287 Cuzco - Early Intermediate I unknown Suspected Expert -
Dogs existed in Peru but no evidence to say whether they were used for warfare
288 Cuzco - Early Intermediate II unknown Suspected Expert -
Dogs existed in Peru but no evidence to say whether they were used for warfare
289 Cuzco - Late Intermediate I unknown Suspected Expert -
Dogs existed in Peru but no evidence to say whether they were used for warfare
290 Cuzco - Late Formative unknown Suspected Expert -
Dogs existed in Peru but no evidence to say whether they were used for warfare
291 Wari Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
Dogs existed in Peru but no evidence to say whether they were used for warfare
292 Konya Plain - Early Bronze Age unknown Suspected Expert -
no evidence of use in warfare appears for this period
293 Middle Bronze Age in Central Anatolia unknown Suspected Expert -
no evidence of use in warfare appears for this period
294 Durrani Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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295 Tabal Kingdoms unknown Suspected Expert -
Not mentioned in literature
296 Hatti - Old Kingdom unknown Suspected Expert -
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297 Oneota unknown Suspected Expert -
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298 Chagatai Khanate unknown Suspected Expert -
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299 Khanate of Bukhara unknown Suspected Expert -
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300 Ancient Khwarazm unknown Suspected Expert -
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301 Koktepe I unknown Suspected Expert -
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302 Koktepe II unknown Suspected Expert -
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303 Samanid Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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304 Sogdiana - City-States Period unknown Suspected Expert -
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305 Timurid Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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306 Yemen - Late Bronze Age unknown Suspected Expert -
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307 Neolithic Yemen unknown Suspected Expert -
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308 Hephthalites unknown Suspected Expert -
requires expert opinion
309 Hmong - Early Chinese unknown Suspected Expert -
we need expert input in order to code this variable
310 Late Shang unknown Suspected Expert -
"The “canine officers” (ch’üan) probably had their origin as kennel masters for the king’s dogs, but their number multiplied and their authority expanded as the role of dogs increased in protection, the hunt, and perhaps the battlefield." [1] Never used in warfare. [2]

[1]: Sawyer, R. 2011. Ancient Chinese Warfare. Basic Books.

[2]: (North China Conference 2016)


311 Naqada II unknown Suspected Expert -
While the dogs took part in hunting, it is unknown if they also participated in military expeditions.
312 Atlantic Complex unknown Suspected Expert -
Not mentioned in the literature.
313 Hallstatt B2-3 unknown Suspected Expert -
Not mentioned in the literature.
314 Early Merovingian unknown Suspected Expert -
Not discussed in consulted literature RA.
315 Middle Merovingian unknown Suspected Expert -
Not discussed in consulted literature RA.
316 La Tene C2-D unknown Suspected Expert -
Not mentioned in the literature RA.
317 Magadha - Maurya Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
Kautilya’s Arthashastra mentions "hunters and keepers of dogs with their trumpets and with fire" (Book X, Relating to War).
318 Rashtrakuta Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
Absent could be inferred from the fact that only the use of horses and elephants is mentioned in Ramachandra Murthy’s overview of Rashtrakuta military organisation [1] .

[1]: N.S. Ramachandra Murthy, Military Administration of the Rashtrakutas in the Telugu Country, in B.R. Gopal, The Rashtrakutas of Malkhed (1994), p. 116


319 Ubaid unknown Suspected Expert -
The use of dog in warfare cannot be completely excluded, due the fact of keeping this animal by the Ubaid communities. Two dogs were depicted on one of the seals from Tepe Gawra [1] , but the remains of dog were also found inside children grave at Eridu. [2]

[1]: Hole 2010, 234

[2]: Daems 2010, 154.


320 Achaemenid Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
Cambyses in the 6th century BCE placed ibexes, sheep, dogs and cats on the front line to have a psychological impact on Egyptians who worshiped these animals and did not want to fire arrows near them. [1]

[1]: (Mayor 2014, 288) Adrienne Mayor. Animals in Warfare. Gordon Lindsay Campbell. ed. 2014. The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life. Oxford University Press. Oxford.


321 Pre-Ceramic Period unknown Suspected Expert -
Dogs had been domesticated by this time but no evidence for use in warfare [1] although there is evidence they were used for hunting and guarding purposes. [2]

[1]: (Alizadeh 2009, Encyclopedia Iranica Online,http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/coga-bonut-archaeological-site)

[2]: (Leverani 2014, 36) Liverani, Mario. Tabatabai, Soraia trans. 2014. The Ancient Near East. History, society and economy. Routledge. London.


322 Icelandic Commonwealth unknown Suspected Expert -
[Cannot recall any examples of dogs being used in warfare in Iceland. Should probably be ‘inferred present’ at most.] We have coded ’suspected unknown’ for the time being.
323 Early Roman Republic unknown Suspected Expert -
Romans kept geese as intruder alarms along with sentry dogs as they were more sensitive to intruders. [1]

[1]: (Mayor 2014, 288) Adrienne Mayor. Animals in Warfare. Gordon Lindsay Campbell. ed. 2014. The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life. Oxford University Press. Oxford.


324 Middle Roman Republic unknown Suspected Expert -
Romans kept geese as intruder alarms along with sentry dogs as they were more sensitive to intruders. [1]

[1]: (Mayor 2014, 288) Adrienne Mayor. Animals in Warfare. Gordon Lindsay Campbell. ed. 2014. The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life. Oxford University Press. Oxford.


325 Heian unknown Suspected Expert -
I could find no evidence of dogs - but no sources saying that they were not used either
326 Kamakura Shogunate unknown Suspected Expert -
I could find no evidence of dogs - but no sources saying that they were not used either
327 Warring States Japan unknown Suspected Expert -
I could find no evidence of dogs - but no sources saying that they were not used either
328 Tokugawa Shogunate unknown Suspected Expert -
could find no evidence of dogs - but no sources saying that they were not used either
329 Cuzco - Late Intermediate II unknown Suspected Expert -
Dogs existed in Peru but no evidence to say whether they were used for warfare
330 Inca Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
Dogs existed in Peru but no evidence to say whether they were used for warfare
331 Kachi Plain - Proto-Historic Period unknown Suspected Expert -
Skeletal remains of dogs found, but it is not clear that they were used in warfare [1] .

[1]: Ceccarelli, pers. comm. to E. Cioni, Feb 2017


332 Kachi Plain - Urban Period I unknown Suspected Expert -
"Bones of the domestic dog (Canis familiaris) have been found in many Harappan sites, as have a number of dog figurines. These indicate that there were several different breeds, including a squat animal resembling a bulldog and a rangy beast like an Afghan hound. Another type had pointed ears, while a fourth had an upright tail. Collars are shown around the necks of some of the figurines, reinforcing their domestic status. One dog is shown tied to a post and may represent a guard dog." [1]

[1]: (McIntosh 2008, 129) Jane McIntosh. 2008. The Ancient Indus Valley. Santa Barbara; Denver; Oxford: ABC-CLIO.


333 Kachi Plain - Urban Period II unknown Suspected Expert -
"Bones of the domestic dog (Canis familiaris) have been found in many Harappan sites, as have a number of dog figurines. These indicate that there were several different breeds, including a squat animal resembling a bulldog and a rangy beast like an Afghan hound. Another type had pointed ears, while a fourth had an upright tail. Collars are shown around the necks of some of the figurines, reinforcing their domestic status. One dog is shown tied to a post and may represent a guard dog." [1]

[1]: (McIntosh 2008, 129)