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Archaeology and Language II - Archaeological Data and Linguistic Hypotheses (Hardcover)
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Archaeology and Language II - Archaeological Data and Linguistic Hypotheses (Hardcover)
Series: One World Archaeology
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Using language to date the origin and spread of food production,
Archaeology and Language II represents groundbreaking work in
synthesizing two disciplines that are now seen as interlinked:
linguistics and archaeology. This volume is the second part of a
three-part survey of innovative results emerging from their
combination. Archaeology and historical linguistics have largely
pursued separate tracks until recently, although their goals can be
very similar. While there is a new awareness that these disciplines
can be used to complement one another, both rigorous methodological
awareness and detailed case-studies are still lacking in the
literature. This three-part survey is the first study to address
this. Archaeology and Language II examines in some detail how
archaeological data can be interpreted through linguistic
hypotheses. This collection demonstrates the possibility that,
where archaeological sequences are reasonably well-known, they
might be tied into evidence of language diversification and thus
produce absolute chronologies. Where there is evidence for
migrations and expansions these can be explored through both
disciplines to produce a richer interpretation of prehistory. An
important part of this is the origin and spread of food production
which can be modelled through the spread of both plants and words
for them. Archaeology and Language II will be of interest to
researchers in linguistics, archaeologists and anthropologists.
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