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Language and prehistory of the Indo-European peoples : a cross-disciplinary perspective / edited by Adam Hyllested, Benedicte Nielsen Whitehead, Thomas Olander, and Birgit Anette Olsen.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Hyllested, Adam, editor.
Whitehead, Benedicte Nielsen, editor.
Olander, Thomas, 1974- editor.
Olsen, Birgit Anette, editor.
Series:
Copenhagen studies in Indo-European ; v. 7.
Copenhagen studies in Indo-European ; vol. 7
Language:
English
German
Subjects (All):
Indo-European antiquities--Congresses.
Indo-European antiquities.
Indo-Europeans.
Indo-European languages.
Ethnology--Europe.
Ethnology.
Europe.
Genre:
Conference papers and proceedings.
Physical Description:
343 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm.
Place of Publication:
Copenhagen, Denmark : Museum Tusculanum Press, 2017.
Language Note:
English or German.
Summary:
Our knowledge of neolithic and bronze age Europe is growing rapidly, and this book offers a major contribution to our understanding of the language and history of the peoples of that period. The editors have taken a deliberately cross-disciplinary approach, bringing in historical linguists, archaeologists, geneticists, and more to both examine specific questions in the field and to analyze the basic methodology in use. The book is the result of a Scandinavian conference, the first dedicated to this approach to the field.
Contents:
Part I The origin and evolution of language
The origin of language - what do we know, what can we know? / Michael Herslund Herslund, Michael 9
Dynamical aspects of the origin and evolution of language / Robin Engelhardt Engelhardt, Robin 23
Genes and populations / Peter K. A. Jensen Jensen, Peter K. A. 47
Part II Proto-Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans
On the emergence, contacts and dispersal of Proto-Indo-European, Proto-Uralic and Proto-Aryan in an archaeological perspective / Christian Carpelan Carpelan, Christian, Asko Parpola Parpola, Asko 77
On the epistemology of Indo-European studies / Jens Elmegård Rasmussen Rasmussen, Jens Elmegård 89
Reconstruction and realism in Indo-European linguistics / Birgit Anette Olsen Olsen, Birgit Anette 107
Linguistics, poetics, and mythology: Is there still room for Indo-Europeans in the academic study of religion? / Peter Jackson Jackson, Peter 123
The comparative study of Indo-European religions - presuppositions, problems and prospects / Anders Hultgård Hultgård, Anders 137
Physical anthropology and the Aryan question: A historical overview and a few words of warning / Bjørn Okholm Skaarup Skaarup, Bjørn Okholm 173
Part III The Indo-Europeanization of Europe
The Indo-Europeans and the non-Indo-Europeans in prehistoric Northern Europe / Petri Kallio Kallio, Petri 187
Die Urheimat der Germanen / Jorma Koivulehto Koivulehto, Jorma 205
Dramatic beginnings of Norway's history? Archaeology and Indo-Europeanization / Christopher Prescott Prescott, Christopher 229
Lies, locks or light - theories about Loki's origins / Irene Elmerot Elmerot, Irene 251
The Germanic bride and her cognates / Jan Katlev Katlev, Jan 261
Early sources for the Baltic Pantheon / Jenny Helena Larsson Larsson, Jenny Helena 267
Again on the etymology for Lithuanian raistas 'bog', rõjus 'paradise' and the prediction of bog bodies / Bernd Gliwa Gliwa, Bernd 289
Einige Bemerkungen zu Roma / Bernd Gliwa Gliwa, Bernd 307
Völkerwanderungen in Herodots Geschichtswerk: Indogermanische Männerbünde und Landnahmesagen / George Hinge Hinge, George 317.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9788763545310
8763545314
OCLC:
965331518
Publisher Number:
99977232887

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