Socio-semiotics and the symbiosis of humans, horses, and objects in later Iron Age Britain

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Archaeological Journal on 14/03/2018, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00665983.2018.1441105Using an approach derived from material culture studies and semiotics, this paper addresses possible relationships between humans and horses in the British Iron Age.Through a study of the dominance of horse imagery found on Iron Age British coinage, specifically the Western coinage traditionally attributed to the 'Dobunni', the author explores how it may reflect possible relationships between humans and horses and their personhood therein. Drawing on wider faunal and metalwork evidence it is argued that these coins could be interpreted as a manifestation of the complex perspectives surrounding a symbiotic relationship between humans and horses