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Kropp, Claus (Ed.): Draft Cattle: Their history, significance and value with a global perspective: Proceedings of the World Draft Cattle Symposium (March 8–9, 2024), Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2026 (Laureshamensia. Forschungsberichte des Freilichtlabors Lauresham. Sonderausgabe, Volume 3). https://doi.org/10.11588/propylaeum.1713

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02/18/2026

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Claus Kropp (Ed.)

Draft Cattle: Their history, significance and value with a global perspective

Proceedings of the World Draft Cattle Symposium (March 8–9, 2024)

Laureshamensia. Forschungsberichte des Freilichtlabors Lauresham. Sonderausgabe

In 2024, more than 126 scientists, museum professionals as well as draft cattle practitioners gathered at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Lorsch Abbey for the first World Draft Cattle Symposium. This proceedings provides a comprehensive overview of the conference results and gives a deep insight into the history, significance and value of draft cattle with a global perspective.

Claus Kropp is director of the Lauresham Open-Air Laboratory at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Lorsch Abbey (State Palaces and Gardens of Hesse). Experimental archaeologist specializing in medieval agriculture and draft animals. Teaches agricultural history at Heidelberg University (lecturer).

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Table of Contents
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Titelei
Claus Kropp
Acknowledgments
3
Kirsten Worms
Welcoming words
4
Tanja Busse, Chris Smaje, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Wendell Berry
Patron Statements
5-8
Claus Kropp
Preface
9
Table of contents
10-11
Barbara Corson
Cattle in Community – a vital part of the past, present and future
12-17
Paul Starkey
Appreciating working cattle worldwide, their cultural heritage and future importance
18-35
William G. Clarence-Smith
Animal transport in the Balkans, c. 1300 to 1914
36-41
Ioana Baskerville
Draft cattle culture in Romania
42-45
Claus Kropp, Vlad Dumitrescu
Draft Cattle Use in the regions of Brașov, Buzău and the Apuseni Mountains, Romania
46-51
Cozette Griffin-Kremer
Working cattle in France: jumping the hurdles of invisibility
52-59
Claus Kropp
Draft cattle utilization in Germany – Perspectives, Potential and Limits
60-65
Raymundo Vento Tielves
The use of animal traction in Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
66-73
Claus Kropp, Boniface Okumu
Draft Cattle Use in Northern Uganda
74-77
Claus Kropp, Joseph Simataa
Draft Cattle Use in the Zambezi Region, Namibia
78-81
D. K. Sadana, Maharani Din, Sabyasachi Das, Malyaj Shrivastava, Tatsama Motilal
Challenges in reinvigorating draft animal power in India and some opportunities
82-87
Tim Harrigan
Animal traction in an Agroecological approach to the mechanisation of smallholder farming systems
88-95
Antonio Perrone
Draft animal power: a proper way to lift water in remote villages
96-101
Peter Watson
Towards a culture of training and curating skills. The Role of Living History Farms
102-107
Barbara Corson, Matilda Holmes
Histories written in (cattle) bone – an archaeozoological and osteological perspective
108-115
Matilda Holmes, Barbara Corson, Claus Kropp
Interpreting Palaeopathology: biographies of two draught oxen
116-123
Rob Collins
Concluding Remarks
124-125
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