LEADER 05121nam 22007095 450 001 996248070003316 005 20220317181204.0 010 $a1-282-30382-1 010 $a9786612303821 010 $a1-4008-3110-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400831104 035 $a(CKB)2550000000000588 035 $a(EBL)475849 035 $a(OCoLC)496275617 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000338691 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11266328 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338691 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10312453 035 $a(PQKB)10757478 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC475849 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43033 035 $a(DE-B1597)453563 035 $a(OCoLC)979881633 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400831104 035 $z(PPN)199244650 035 $a(dli)HEB30937 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000012332559 035 $a(PPN)18795349X 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000000588 100 $a20190708d2010 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe horse, the wheel, and language $ehow Bronze-Age riders from the Eurasian Steppes shaped the modern world /$fDavid W. Anthony 205 $aCourse Book 210 1$aPrinceton, NJ :$cPrinceton University Press,$d[2010] 210 4$dİ2007 215 $a1 online resource (566 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-14818-X 311 $a0-691-05887-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [507]-545) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tPart One. Language and Archaeology --$tChapter One. The Promise and Politics of the Mother Tongue --$tChapter Two. How to Reconstruct a Dead Language --$tChapter Three. Language and Time 1: The Last Speakers of Proto- Indo- European --$tChapter Four. Language and Time 2: Wool, Wheels, and Proto- Indo- European --$tChapter Five. Language and Place: The Location of the Proto- Indo- European Homeland --$tChapter Six. The Archaeology of Language --$tPart Two. The Opening of the Eurasian Steppes --$tChapter Seven. How to Reconstruct a Dead Culture --$tChapter Eight. First Farmers and Herders: The Pontic- Caspian Neolithic --$tChapter Nine. Cows, Copper, and Chiefs --$tChapter Ten. The Domestication of the Horse and the Origins of Riding: The Tale of the Teeth --$tChapter Eleven. The End of Old Eu rope and the Rise of the Steppe --$tChapter Twelve. Seeds of Change on the Steppe Borders: Maikop Chiefs and Tripolye Towns --$tChapter Thirteen. Wagon Dwellers of the Steppe: The Speakers of Proto- Indo- European --$tChapter Fourteen. The Western Indo- European Languages --$tChapter Fifteen. Chariot Warriors of the Northern Steppes --$tChapter Sixteen. The Opening of the Eurasian Steppes --$tChapter Seventeen. Words and Deeds --$tAppendix: Author's Note on Radiocarbon Dates --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aRoughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Until now their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even Nazis seeking the roots of the Aryan race. The Horse, the Wheel, and Language lifts the veil that has long shrouded these original Indo-European speakers, and reveals how their domestication of horses and use of the wheel spread language and transformed civilization. Linking prehistoric archaeological remains with the development of language, David Anthony identifies the prehistoric peoples of central Eurasia's steppe grasslands as the original speakers of Proto-Indo-European, and shows how their innovative use of the ox wagon, horseback riding, and the warrior's chariot turned the Eurasian steppes into a thriving transcontinental corridor of communication, commerce, and cultural exchange. He explains how they spread their traditions and gave rise to important advances in copper mining, warfare, and patron-client political institutions, thereby ushering in an era of vibrant social change. Anthony also describes his fascinating discovery of how the wear from bits on ancient horse teeth reveals the origins of horseback riding. The Horse, the Wheel, and Language solves a puzzle that has vexed scholars for two centuries--the source of the Indo-European languages and English--and recovers a magnificent and influential civilization from the past. 606 $aAnimals and civilization$zEurasia$xHistory 606 $aHorses$zEurasia$xHistory 606 $aBronze age$zEurasia 606 $aProto-Indo-European language 615 0$aAnimals and civilization$xHistory. 615 0$aHorses$xHistory. 615 0$aBronze age 615 0$aProto-Indo-European language. 676 $a950.1 700 $aAnthony$b David W.$0471647 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248070003316 996 $aThe Horse, the Wheel, and Language$92346301 997 $aUNISA