In Search of the Indo-Europeans - Softcover

Mallory, J. P.

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Synopsis

An archaeological and linguistic monograph on the origins and expansion of the Indo-European

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About the Author

J. P. Mallory is a world expert on the interconnection of archaeology and linguistics and is the author of In Search of the Indo-Europeans and The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World. He has published numerous other works, including the acclaimed The Origins of the Irish. He is emeritus professor of prehistoric archaeology at Queen's University Belfast and a member of the Royal Irish Academy.

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With the skill of a forensic scientist, Dr. Mallory traces the immediate origins of each of the Indo-European peoples of Europe and Asia. By comparing their languages he demonstrates their common cultural heritage, and through the technique of comparative mythology he examines their earliest beliefs.

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9780500050521: In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology and Myth

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ISBN 10:  050005052X ISBN 13:  9780500050521
Publisher: Thames and Hudson, 1990
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