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1 online resource (xii, 553 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-545) and index. |
Contents |
pt. 1. Language and archaeology. -- The promise and politics of the mother tongue -- How to reconstruct a dead language -- Language and time 1: the last speakers of Proto-Indo-European -- Language and time 2 : wool, wheels, and Proto-Indo-European -- Language and place : the location of the Proto-Indo-European homeland -- The archaeology of language -- pt. 2. The opening of the Eurasian steppes. -- How to reconstruct a dead culture -- First farmers and herders : the Pontic-Caspian Neolithic -- Cows, copper, and chiefs -- The domestication of the horse and the origins of riding : the tale of the teeth -- The end of Old Europe and the rise of the steppe -- Seeds of change on the steppe borders : Maikop chiefs and Tripolye towns -- Wagon dwellers of the steppe : the speakers of Proto-Indo-European -- The western Indo-European languages -- Chariot warriors of the northern steppes -- The opening of the Eurasian steppes -- Words and deeds. |
Summary |
Argues that the domestication of the horse and the use of the wheel by the prehistoric peoples of the central Eurasian steppe grasslands facilitated the spread of the Proto-Indo-European language across most of the ancient world. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Proto-Indo-European language.
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Proto-Indo-European language. |
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Bronze age -- Eurasia.
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Bronze age. |
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Eurasia. |
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Horses -- Eurasia -- History.
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Horses. |
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History. |
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Wheels -- Eurasia -- History.
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Wheels. |
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Animals and civilization -- Eurasia -- History.
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Animals and civilization. |
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Prehistoric peoples -- Eurasia.
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Prehistoric peoples. |
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Eurasia.
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Excavations (Archaeology) |
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Eurasia -- Antiquities.
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Antiquities. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Anthony, David W. Horse, the wheel, and language. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2007 9780691058870 (DLC) 2007932082 (OCoLC)174129990 |
ISBN |
9781400831104 electronic book |
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1400831105 electronic book |
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9780691058870 |
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0691058873 |
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9780691148182 paperback |
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069114818X paperback |
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