Archaeology and language : the puzzle of Indo-European origins / Colin Renfrew
London : J. Cape, 1987. First Edition, reprint. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Item #370745
ISBN: 0224024957
Series; Peregrine books. Physical description; xiv, 346 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Spine title: Archaeology & language. Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-335) and index. Contents
Contents include: The Indo-European problem in outline. Archaeology and the Indo-Europeans. Lost languages and forgotten scripts, the Indo-European languages, old and new. Homelands in question. Language and language change. Language, population and social organization, a processual approach. Early language dispersals in Europe. The early Indo-Iranian languages and their origins. Ethnogenesis, who were the Celts? Indo-European mythologies. Archaeology and Indo-European origins, an assessment. Subjects; Indo-European antiquities. Indo-European languages History. Indo-European antiquities. Indo-European languages History. Indo-Europeans. Linguistic change. Indo-Europeans. Ethnology. Indo-European languages History. Linguistic geography. Indo-Europeans Prehistory. Language Archaeological study. Historical linguistics. Genres; Bibliography. History. Illustrated.
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