The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited - Integrating Archaeology, Genetics, and Linguistics (Hardcover)

This book examines the impact of ancient DNA research and scientific evidence on our understanding of the emergence of Indo-European languages in prehistory. Offering cutting-edge contributions from an international team of scholars, it considers the driving forces behind the Indo-European migrations during the 3rd and 2nd millenia BC. The volume explores the rise of the world's first pastoral nomads the Yamnaya Culture in the Russian Pontic steppe including their social organization, expansions, and the transition from nomadism to semi-sedentism when entering Europe. It also traces the chariot conquest in the late Bronze Age and its impact on the expansion of the Indo-Iranian languages into Central Asia. In the final section, the volumes consider the development of hierarchical societies and the origins of slavery. A landmark synthesis of recent, exciting discoveries, the book also includes an extensive theoretical discussion regarding the integration of linguistics, genetics, and archaeology, and the importance of interdisciplinary research in the study of ancient migration.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2023
Editors:	Kristian Kristiansen • Guus Kroonen • Eske Willerslev
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	575
ISBN-13:	978-1-00-926174-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > General Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Prehistoric archaeology Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Genetics (non-medical) > General
LSN:	1-00-926174-6
Barcode:	9781009261746

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