The Indo-Aryans of ancient South Asia : Language, material culture and ethnicity / / edited by George Erdosy |
Edizione | [Reprint 2012] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York : , : Walter de Gruyter, , 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (444 p.) |
Disciplina | 934 |
Altri autori (Persone) | ErdosyGeorge |
Collana |
Indian Philology and South Asian Studies
Indian philology and South Asian studies |
Soggetto topico |
Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-Aryans |
ISBN | 3-11-081643-1 |
Classificazione | EV 110 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Foreword to the Series -- Preface -- Contents -- List of contributors -- I. Theoretical perspectives -- 1. Language, material culture and ethnicity: Theoretical perspectives / Erdosy, George -- 2. Have Aryans been identified in the prehistoric skeletal record from South Asia? Biological anthropology and concepts of ancient races / Kennedy, Kenneth A. R. -- 3. Vedic Aryans, non-Vedic Aryans, and non-Aryans: Judging the linguistic evidence of the Veda / Deshpande, Madhav M. -- 4. Early Indian history: Linguistic and textual parametres / Witzel, Michael -- 5. The concepts of "cultural traditon" and "palaeoethnicity" in South Asian archaeology / Shaffer, Jim G. / Lichtenstein, Diane A. -- 6. The Avesta as source for the early history of the Iranians / Skjaervø, P. Oktor -- 7. The Aryan question: Some general considerations / Sharma, Arvind -- II Historical perspectives -- 8. South Asia from a Central Asian perspective / Hiebert, Fredrik T. -- 9. Central Asia and the Rgveda: The archaeological evidence / Fairservis, Walter A. -- 10. Interaction systems, specialised crafts and culture change: The Indus Valley Tradition and the Indo-Gangetic Tradition in South Asia / Kenoyer, Jonathan Mark -- 11. Reconstructing social context from language: Indo-Aryan and Dravidian prehistory / Southworth, Franklin C. -- 12. Dialect variation in Old and Middle Indo-Aryan / Norman, K.R. -- 13. On drawing socio-linguistic distinctions in Old Indo-Aryan: The question of Ksatriya Sanskrit and related problems / Salomon, Richard -- 14. Ṛgvedic history: poets, chieftains and polities / Witzel, Michael -- 15. The problem of the Aryans and the Soma: Textual-linguistic and archaeological evidence / Parpola, Asko -- 16. The problem of the Aryans and the Soma: The botanical evidence / Nyberg, Harri -- Author Index -- General Index -- Backmatter |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790724303321 |
Berlin ; ; New York : , : Walter de Gruyter, , 1995 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Indo-Aryans of ancient South Asia : Language, material culture and ethnicity / / edited by George Erdosy |
Edizione | [Reprint 2012] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York : , : Walter de Gruyter, , 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (444 p.) |
Disciplina | 934 |
Altri autori (Persone) | ErdosyGeorge |
Collana |
Indian Philology and South Asian Studies
Indian philology and South Asian studies |
Soggetto topico |
Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-Aryans |
ISBN | 3-11-081643-1 |
Classificazione | EV 110 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Foreword to the Series -- Preface -- Contents -- List of contributors -- I. Theoretical perspectives -- 1. Language, material culture and ethnicity: Theoretical perspectives / Erdosy, George -- 2. Have Aryans been identified in the prehistoric skeletal record from South Asia? Biological anthropology and concepts of ancient races / Kennedy, Kenneth A. R. -- 3. Vedic Aryans, non-Vedic Aryans, and non-Aryans: Judging the linguistic evidence of the Veda / Deshpande, Madhav M. -- 4. Early Indian history: Linguistic and textual parametres / Witzel, Michael -- 5. The concepts of "cultural traditon" and "palaeoethnicity" in South Asian archaeology / Shaffer, Jim G. / Lichtenstein, Diane A. -- 6. The Avesta as source for the early history of the Iranians / Skjaervø, P. Oktor -- 7. The Aryan question: Some general considerations / Sharma, Arvind -- II Historical perspectives -- 8. South Asia from a Central Asian perspective / Hiebert, Fredrik T. -- 9. Central Asia and the Rgveda: The archaeological evidence / Fairservis, Walter A. -- 10. Interaction systems, specialised crafts and culture change: The Indus Valley Tradition and the Indo-Gangetic Tradition in South Asia / Kenoyer, Jonathan Mark -- 11. Reconstructing social context from language: Indo-Aryan and Dravidian prehistory / Southworth, Franklin C. -- 12. Dialect variation in Old and Middle Indo-Aryan / Norman, K.R. -- 13. On drawing socio-linguistic distinctions in Old Indo-Aryan: The question of Ksatriya Sanskrit and related problems / Salomon, Richard -- 14. Ṛgvedic history: poets, chieftains and polities / Witzel, Michael -- 15. The problem of the Aryans and the Soma: Textual-linguistic and archaeological evidence / Parpola, Asko -- 16. The problem of the Aryans and the Soma: The botanical evidence / Nyberg, Harri -- Author Index -- General Index -- Backmatter |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828513003321 |
Berlin ; ; New York : , : Walter de Gruyter, , 1995 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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