The Oxford introduction to Proto Indo European and the Proto Indo European world / J. P. Mallory and D. Q. Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mallory, J. P., author.

Adams, Douglas Q., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indo-European languages.

Proto-Indo-European language.

Indo-Europeans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (756 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

The authors introduce Proto-Indo-European describing its construction and revealing the people who spoke it between 5,500 and 8,000 years ago. Using archaeological evidence and natural history they reconstruct the lives, passions, culture, society and mythology of the Proto-Indo-Europeans.

Contents:

Contents; List of Maps; Lits of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction; 1 Discovery; 2 The Elements; 3 Reconstructing Proto-Indo-European; 4 The System; 5 Relationships; 6 A Place in Time; 7 Reconstructing the Proto-Indo-Europeans; 8 The Physical World; 9 Indo-European Fauna; 10 Indo-European Flora; 11 Anatomy; 12 Family and Kinship; 13 Hearth and Home; 14 Clothing and Textiles; 15 Material Culture; 16 Food and Drink; 17 Proto-Indo-European Society; 18 Space and Time; 19 Number and Quantity; 20 Mind, Emotions and Sense Perception; 21 Speech and Sound

22 Activities23 Religion; 24 Grammatical Elements; 25 Comparative Mythology; 26 Origins-The Never-Ending Story; Appendices; References; Index of Languages; Index of Subjects and Places

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [565]-590) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-383-04347-7

1-281-15457-1

0-19-151605-8

1-4294-7104-2

OCLC:

609829781