Origin Of Indo Europeans

Author : Birgit Anette Olsen,Thomas Olander,Kristian Kristiansen
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789252712

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Tracing the Indo-Europeans by Birgit Anette Olsen,Thomas Olander,Kristian Kristiansen Pdf

Recent developments in aDNA has reshaped our understanding of later European prehistory, and at the same time also opened up for more fruitful collaborations between archaeologists and historical linguists. Two revolutionary genetic studies, published independently in Nature, 2015, showed that prehistoric Europe underwent two successive waves of migration, one from Anatolia consistent with the introduction of agriculture, and a later influx from the Pontic-Caspian steppes which without any reasonable doubt pinpoints the archaeological Yamnaya complex as the cradle of (Core-)Indo-European languages. Now, for the first time, when the preliminaries are clear, it is possible for the fields of genetics, archaeology and historical linguistics to cooperate in a constructive fashion to refine our knowledge of the Indo-European homeland, migrations, society and language. For the historical-comparative linguists, this opens up a wealth of exciting perspectives and new working fields in the intersections between linguistics and neighbouring disciplines, for the archaeologists and geneticists, on the other hand, the linguistic contributions help to endow the material findings with a voice from the past. The present selection of papers illustrate the importance of an open interdisciplinary discussion which will gradually help us in our quest of Tracing the Indo-Europeans.

Author : Jean-Paul Demoule
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Archaeology and history
ISBN : 9780197506479

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The Indo-Europeans by Jean-Paul Demoule Pdf

The existence of an Indo-European linguistic family, allowing for the fact that several languages widely dispersed across Eurasia share numerous traits, has been demonstrated for several centuries now. But the underlying factors for this shared heritage have been fiercely debated by linguists, historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists. The leading theory, of which countless variations exist, argues that this similarity is best explained by the existence, at one given point in time and space, of a common language and corresponding population. This ancient, prehistoric, population would then have diffused across Eurasia, eventually leading to the variation observed in historical and modern times. The Indo-Europeans: Archaeology, Language, Race, and the Search for the Origins of the West argues that despite its acceptance and use by most researchers from different disciplines, such a model is inherently flawed. This book describes how, beginning in the late eighteenth century, Europeans began a quest for a supposed original homeland, from which a small conquering people would one day spread out, bringing their language to Europe and parts of Asia (India, Iran, Afghanistan). This quest was often closely tied to ideological preoccupations and it was in its name that the Nazi leadership, claiming for the Germans the status of the purest Indo-Europeans (or Aryans), waged genocide. The last part of the book summarizes the current state of knowledge and current hypotheses in the fields of linguistics, archaeology, comparative mythology, and genetics. The culmination of three decades of research, this book offers a sweeping survey of the historiography of the Indo-European debate and poses a devastating challenge to the Indo-European origin story at its roots.

Author : Colin Renfrew
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1990-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0521386756

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Archaeology and Language by Colin Renfrew Pdf

In this book Colin Renfrew directs remarkable new light on the links between archaeology and language, looking specifically at the puzzling similarities that are apparent across the Indo-European family of ancient languages, from Anatolia and Ancient Persia, across Europe and the Indian subcontinent, to regions as remote as Sinkiang in China. Professor Renfrew initiates an original synthesis between modern historical linguistics and the new archaeology of cultural process, boldly proclaiming that it is time to reconsider questions of language origins and what they imply about ethnic affiliation--issues seriously discredited by the racial theorists of the 1920s and 1930s and, as a result, largely neglected since. Challenging many familiar beliefs, he comes to a new and persuasive conclusion: that primitive forms of the Indo-European language were spoken across Europe some thousands of years earlier than has previously been assumed.

Author : John V. Day
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111364571

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Indo-European Origins by John V. Day Pdf

A comprehensive survey of the evidence from biological anthropology for Indo-European origins, based on the author¿s Ph.D. thesis prepared under Professor James Mallory. The author first considers the various ways that languages can spread and the possible biological implications of these expansions. He then embarks on an exhaustive survey of over 2,600 books and articles relating to the physical anthropology of the earliest identified speakers of Indo-European languages, based on ancient texts, artworks and lexicons. Covering Europe and Asia from the Neolithic onwards, His study surveys dermatoglyphics, mummified corpses, skeletal remains and genetic material for evidence of ancient population movements. An attempt is then made to integrate findings from biological anthropology with data from linguistics, archaeology and social anthropology to test the validity of migration theories in relation to the dispersal of the Indo-European languages and the possible location of a hypothecated proto-Indo-European language. The bibliography lists over 2,600 books and articles.

Author : S. V. Zharnikova
Publisher : WP IPGEB
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND ORIGIN INDO-EUROPEANS by S. V. Zharnikova Pdf

The book is an outstanding scientist Svetlana Vasilevna Zharnikova "Cultural traditions and the origin of the Indo-Europeans" is devoted to the study of cultural traditions and the origin of the Indo-Europeans. The book uses inaccessible funds Soviet museums. This encyclopedic work answers the question of the origin of Indo-European cultural traditions. The book was written in 1984-2004 as materials in Information bulletin International Association for the study of the cultures of Central Asia. Since that time, there were additional materials, confirming the view of the author.

Author : J. P. Mallory,Douglas Q. Adams
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 890 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1884964982

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Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture by J. P. Mallory,Douglas Q. Adams Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture is a major new reference work that provides full, inclusive coverage of the major Indo-European language stocks, their origins, and the range of the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European language. The Encyclopedia also includes numerous entries on archaeological cultures having some relationship to the origin and dispersal of Indo-European groups -- as well as entries on some of the major issues in Indo-European cultural studies.There are two kinds of entries in the Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture: a) those that are devoted to archaeology, culture, or the various Indo -European languages; and b) those that are devoted to the reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European words.Entries may be accessed either via the General Index or the List of Topics: Entries by Category where all individual reconstructed head-forms can also be found. Reference may also be made to the Language Indices.In order to make the book as accessible as possible to the non-specialist, the Editors have provided a list of Abbreviations and Definitions, which includes a number of definitions of specialist terms (primarily linguistic) with which readers may not be acquainted. As the writing systems of many Indo-European groups vary considerably in terms of phonological representation, there is also included a list of Phonetic Definitions.With more than 700 entries, written by specialists from around the world, the Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture has become an essential reference text in this field.

Author : Alwin Kloekhorst,Tijmen Pronk
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004409354

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The Precursors of Proto-Indo-European by Alwin Kloekhorst,Tijmen Pronk Pdf

The Precursors of Proto-Indo-European contains sixteen contributions that offer the newest insights into the prehistory of Proto-Indo-European, taking the Indo-Anatolian and the Indo-Uralic hypotheses as their point of departure.

Author : Ravi Prakash Arya,Joseph Skulj
Publisher : Indian Foundation for Vedic Science
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : India
ISBN : 8187710500

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Origin of Indo-Europeans by Ravi Prakash Arya,Joseph Skulj Pdf

The origin of humanity on the globe is very hotly debated issue today. Now with the emergence of many branches of science, this issue is investigated from different angles and aspects. Earlier archaeology was only the tool to ascertain the antiquity and origin of human beings on the various parts of globe. In the light of new researches into various sciences, the present authors attempt to revisit and re-examine the available data of confronting views put forth by different scholars and historians. This attempt may help ascertain the origin and expansion of human beings on the globe without any prejudices and pre-conceived notions. The data mainly consists of the studies pursued in archaeology, history, literary references, linguistics, Populaton studies and genetics.

Author : Asya Pereltsvaig,Martin W. Lewis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107054530

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The Indo-European Controversy by Asya Pereltsvaig,Martin W. Lewis Pdf

This book challenges media-celebrated evolutionary studies linking Indo-European languages to Neolithic Anatolia, instead defending traditional practices in historical linguistics.

Author : Birgit Anette Olsen,Thomas Olander,Kristian Kristiansen
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789252736

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Tracing the Indo-Europeans by Birgit Anette Olsen,Thomas Olander,Kristian Kristiansen Pdf

Recent developments in aDNA has reshaped our understanding of later European prehistory, and at the same time also opened up for more fruitful collaborations between archaeologists and historical linguists. Two revolutionary genetic studies, published independently in Nature, 2015, showed that prehistoric Europe underwent two successive waves of migration, one from Anatolia consistent with the introduction of agriculture, and a later influx from the Pontic-Caspian steppes which without any reasonable doubt pinpoints the archaeological Yamnaya complex as the cradle of (Core-)Indo-European languages. Now, for the first time, when the preliminaries are clear, it is possible for the fields of genetics, archaeology and historical linguistics to cooperate in a constructive fashion to refine our knowledge of the Indo-European homeland, migrations, society and language. For the historical-comparative linguists, this opens up a wealth of exciting perspectives and new working fields in the intersections between linguistics and neighbouring disciplines, for the archaeologists and geneticists, on the other hand, the linguistic contributions help to endow the material findings with a voice from the past. The present selection of papers illustrate the importance of an open interdisciplinary discussion which will gradually help us in our quest of Tracing the Indo-Europeans.

Author : Robert Stephen Paul Beekes
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027211859

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Comparative Indo-European Linguistics by Robert Stephen Paul Beekes Pdf

This book gives a comprehensive introduction to Comparative Indo-European Linguistics. It starts with a presentation of the languages of the family (from English and the other Germanic languages, the Celtic and Slavic languages, Latin, Greek and Sanskrit through Armenian and Albanian) and a discussion of the culture and origin of the Indo-Europeans, the speakers of the Indo-European proto-language.The reader is introduced into the nature of language change and the methods of reconstruction of older language stages, with many examples (from the Indo-European languages). A full description is given of the sound changes, which makes it possible to follow the origin of the different Indo-European languages step by step. This is followed by a discussion of the development of all the morphological categories of Proto-Indo-European. The book presents the latest in scholarly insights, like the laryngeal and glottalic theory, the accentuation, the ablaut patterns, and these are systematically integrated into the treatment. The text of this second edition has been corrected and updated by Michiel de Vaan. Sixty-six new exercises enable the student to practice the reconstruction of PIE phonology and morphology.

Author : Harold Herman Bender
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UCR:31210007712175

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The Home of the Indo-Europeans by Harold Herman Bender Pdf

Author : David W. Anthony
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781400831104

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The Horse, the Wheel, and Language by David W. Anthony Pdf

Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Until now their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even Nazis seeking the roots of the Aryan race. The Horse, the Wheel, and Language lifts the veil that has long shrouded these original Indo-European speakers, and reveals how their domestication of horses and use of the wheel spread language and transformed civilization. Linking prehistoric archaeological remains with the development of language, David Anthony identifies the prehistoric peoples of central Eurasia's steppe grasslands as the original speakers of Proto-Indo-European, and shows how their innovative use of the ox wagon, horseback riding, and the warrior's chariot turned the Eurasian steppes into a thriving transcontinental corridor of communication, commerce, and cultural exchange. He explains how they spread their traditions and gave rise to important advances in copper mining, warfare, and patron-client political institutions, thereby ushering in an era of vibrant social change. Anthony also describes his fascinating discovery of how the wear from bits on ancient horse teeth reveals the origins of horseback riding. The Horse, the Wheel, and Language solves a puzzle that has vexed scholars for two centuries--the source of the Indo-European languages and English--and recovers a magnificent and influential civilization from the past.

Author : George Cardona,Henry M. Hoenigswald,Alfred Senn
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781512801200

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Indo-European and Indo-Europeans by George Cardona,Henry M. Hoenigswald,Alfred Senn Pdf

Twenty-two internationally known linguists, anthropologists, and archaeologists discuss such questions as the original home of the Indo-Europeans, their migration, religiomythic beliefs, and legal customs in the most comprehensive treatment of Indo-European culture in recent times.

Author : Shan M. M. Winn
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0819198609

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Heaven, Heroes, and Happiness by Shan M. M. Winn Pdf

Heaven, Heroes and Happiness explores Western culture and its pervasive ideology while tracing its roots back to an ancient Proto-Indo-European homeland. This book explores ancient myth, the evidence of language history, and the archaeological record in an endeavor to show that the origin of Western civilization lies much deeper than had been anticipated. Contents: Patterns and Themes of Indo-European Ideology; Unveiling the Indo-European Legacy; The Ideology of Tripartite Completeness; Class, Conflict, and Compromise; 'Fear God'; Heroes with a Cause; The Pursuit of Happiness; Origins and Destinies Reinterpreted; In the Beginning; Ancient Myth in Disguise; The Armageddon Cycle; Indo-European Expansion and Ideological Impact; Twilight of the Goddess; A Collision of Cultures; Linguistic Paleontology; Quest for a Homeland.