The horse, the wheel, and language : how Bronze-Age riders from the Eurasian steppes shaped the modern world / David W. Anthony

• Autore: Anthony, David W.
• Pubblicazione: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: XII, 553 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
• Soggetto topico: Età del bronzo - Eurasia; Cavalli - Eurasia - Storia; Animali - Eurasia - Storia; Popoli preistorici - Eurasia; Scavi archeologici - Eurasia
• Soggetto geografico: Eurasia Antichità
• Nota di bibliografia: Contiene bibliografia: pp. [507]-545
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• ISBN: 9780691058870; 0691058873
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 991000327589707536
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento