I am searching for the presence of E. caballus in the Levant after the Late Bronze Age when they are well attested in historical records. Unfortunately, due to the nature of horse-rearing, E. caballus remains rarely appear in context with other faunal repertoire. However, occasionally they do appear in small numbers in a number of sites. I am compiling a list of E. caballus remains for the region during the Iron Age and into the Hellenstic Era and would appreciate if anyone has any knowledge on this subject.
i am not an expert in such topic at all, so i found only this, which talks about 4 horse relics found in an area of the island of Euboia. I hope you read greek http://www.lilantio.gr/article.php?cat=20
it is not clear what is the exact type of horse those horses belong to. THe findings date back to 1000-1100 B.C. you will need to contact the local authorities so that they bring you in contact with the archaeologists who found the relics.
I know that The veterinary department of the Hebrew University has analyzed horse bones from Israel. I suggest to go to Google and search for Gila Kahila horse
Take a look here: http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/archaeologists-surprised-to-discover-ancient-horse-skeletons-in-jaffa-dig-1.174862 It's about an excavation in Jaffa where they found quite a few horse skeletons.
Here's a book of abstracts. It contains quite a few information on horse remains found in the area you are interested in.
http://www.natuurwetenschappen.be/common/pdf/science/aswa2011/aswa2011_abstracts.pdf
As far as antecedents go, do look at Zarins's book, just published, on the domestication of Equidae in the third millennium BCE:
Zarins, Juris with the assistance of Rick Hauser. The Domestication of Equidae in Third-Millennium BCE Mesopotamia. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS). edited by David I. Owen. Vol. 24, Ithaca: CDL Press, 2014.
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