The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited: Integrating Archaeology, Genetics, and Linguistics

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Kristian Kristiansen (Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden) Guus Kroonen (Universiteit Leiden)

The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited

Integrating Archaeology, Genetics, and Linguistics

Kristian Kristiansen (Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden), Guus Kroonen (Universiteit Leiden), Eske Willerslev (University of Copenhagen)

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Cambridge University Press
11 May 2023

Historical & comparative linguistics; History; Prehistoric archaeology; Genetics (non-medical)

This book examines the impact of ancient DNA research and scientific evidence on our understanding of the emergence of Indo-European languages in prehistory. Offering cutting-edge contributions from an international team of scholars, it considers the driving forces behind the Indo-European migrations during the 3rd and 2nd millenia BC. The volume explores the rise of the world's first pastoral nomads the Yamnaya Culture in the Russian Pontic steppe including their social organization, expansions, and the transition from nomadism to semi-sedentism when entering Europe. It also traces the chariot conquest in the late Bronze Age and its impact on the expansion of the Indo-Iranian languages into Central Asia. In the final section, the volumes consider the development of hierarchical societies and the origins of slavery. A landmark synthesis of recent, exciting discoveries, the book also includes an extensive theoretical discussion regarding the integration of linguistics, genetics, and archaeology, and the importance of interdisciplinary research in the study of ancient migration.

Edited by: Kristian Kristiansen (Göteborgs Universitet Sweden), Guus Kroonen (Universiteit Leiden), Eske Willerslev (University of Copenhagen)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 286mm, Width: 224mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 1.240kg
ISBN: 9781009261746
ISBN 10: 1009261746
Pages: 575
Publication Date: 11 May 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kristian Kristiansen is Professor of Archaeology at the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Gothenburg, and Affiliated Professor at Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen. He specializes in the Bronze Age of western Eurasia, archaeological theory and cultural heritage studies. Guus Kroonen is Professor With Special Responsibilities within Linguistic Prehistory at the Copenhagen University section of Indo-European Linguistics. Eske Willerslev is Lundbeck Foundation Professor at Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen and Prince Phillip Professor at the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. He is an evolutionary geneticist, recognized for his studies on human evolution and environmental DNA.

Reviews for The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited: Integrating Archaeology, Genetics, and Linguistics

'By enlisting the expertise of scholars from the three different fields, with 22 contributions from more than 40 scholars from more than 10 different countries, this book is … a seminal work …' Rasmus G. Bjørn, Antiquity