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Autore |
Anthony, David W. |
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The horse, the wheel, and language : how Bronze-Age riders from the Eurasian steppes shaped the modern world / David W. Anthony |
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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XII, 553 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
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Età del bronzo - Eurasia |
Cavalli - Eurasia - Storia |
Animali - Eurasia - Storia |
Popoli preistorici - Eurasia |
Scavi archeologici - Eurasia |
Eurasia Antichità |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Contiene bibliografia: pp. [507]-545 |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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