The horse, the wheel, and language : how Bronze-Age riders from the Eurasian steppes shaped the modern world
by
Anthony, David W
Title
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The horse, the wheel, and language : how Bronze-Age riders from the Eurasian steppes shaped the modern world
Author
:
Anthony, David W
ISBN
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9781400831104
9780691058870
9780691148182
Personal Author
:
Anthony, David W
Publication Information
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2007
Physical Description
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xii, 553 p. : ill., maps
Contents
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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
Abstract
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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
Subject Term
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Animals and civilization -- Eurasia -- History
Bronze age -- Eurasia
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Eurasia
Horses -- Eurasia -- History
Prehistoric peoples -- Eurasia
Proto-Indo-European language
Wheels -- Eurasia -- History
Geographic Term
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Eurasia -- Antiquities
Bibliographical References
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [507]-545) and index
Field 805
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npmlib 10602175 P572 A555 ysh
Library | Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Copy | Material Type | Status |
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NPM Library | P572 A555 2007 | 10602175 | 1 | B | *二館西文書一區 |