The horse, the wheel, and language: how Bronze-Age riders from the Eurasian steppes shaped the modern world
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Argues that the domestication of the horse and the use of the wheel by the prehistoric peoples of the central Eurasian steppe grasslands facilitated the spread of the Proto-Indo-European language across most of the ancient world.
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Anthony, D. W. (2007). The horse, the wheel, and language: how Bronze-Age riders from the Eurasian steppes shaped the modern world. Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Anthony, David W. 2007. The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders From the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World. Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Anthony, David W, The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders From the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World. Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 2007.
MLA Citation (style guide)Anthony, David W. The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders From the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World. Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 2007.
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300 | |a xii, 553 p. :|b ill., maps ;|c 24 cm. | ||
504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [507]-545) and index. | ||
505 | 0 | |a Pt. I: 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. II: 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. | |
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