how Bronze-Age riders from the Eurasian steppes shaped the modern world /
First Statement of Responsibility
David W. Anthony
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Princeton, N.J. :
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Princeton University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2007
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1 online resource (xii, 553 p.) :
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ill., maps
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [507]-545) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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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
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Safari Books Online
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CL0500000121
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Title
Horse, the wheel, and language.
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9780691058870
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How Bronze-Age riders from the Eurasian steppes shaped the modern world