Sorry for harassing you with all these "Hey, did you do your job right?" Questions - I'm writing on a histotainment Comic-Book Series about Amazons (The first one is already out for some time, now) and I need to know what's a fact and what's only a theory, before I present anything to my readers.
I have to be so neurotic with this, because Amazons are still a Topic most people in Germany think of beeing as realistic as Flying Saucers or the Loch Ness Monster. Even many german Archaeologists with big Names are still ignoring every fact you throw at their desks and keep saying: Women never waged war, because women are weak, not as intelligent as men and only good for cooking and raising children (yes, some people still live in the Fifties...). The most ridiculous quote I have ever heard from one of these guys: It is impossible for a woman to bear a weapon, because women haven't got the right Anatomy. One could laugh about this, if it weren't that sad.
So, in an atmosphere like this you can easily imagine, that you get called Erich van Däniken pretty quick if you call something a fact that is just a theory.
This is by far not as tough as your Problems with some men, trying to represent their own, personal interpretation of a certain religion, but I hope, you understand...

...before I'm going to ask my next "did you do your job right?"-Question LOL
Some friends of mine, who are somewhat into the german medieval age (mostly having fun with Talhoffer), told me, that these giant Knight's Horses everyone thinks of, when you mention German Knights, were extremely rare and valuable, and were only used for battle - and nothing else. Their Everyday-Horses were indeed tiny little animals the size of a mule at best.
My question now:
Have you only found this tiny little horses, or a big one, too, occasionally?
This small horses might work for horse archery and scouting duty perfectly well - but remember the 1,6-meter-Girl, holding a 2,2-meter-Lance (they found this thing in her grave).
I have no Idea, if this still might work - or if this would be more like a charging Hamster ;-)
Did anyone do some energy-calculations on charging horses of different sizes?