In Search of the Indo-Europeans / Language, Archaeology and Myth

Mallory, J. P.

doi:10.1515/pz-1992-0118

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“…Hence, the argument goes, the Indo-European language family is no older than 5000 -6000 BP. Mallory [22] argues for a similar time and place of IndoEuropean origin-a region around the Black Sea about 5000-6000 BP (although he and many linguists are more cautious and refrain from identifying Proto-IndoEuropean with a specific culture such as the Kurgans).…”

Section: The Origin Of the Indo-european Languagesmentioning

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Language evolution and human history: what a difference a date makes

Gray

Atkinson

Greenhill

2011

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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Historical inference is at its most powerful when independent lines of evidence can be integrated into a coherent account. Dating linguistic and cultural lineages can potentially play a vital role in the integration of evidence from linguistics, anthropology, archaeology and genetics. Unfortunately, although the comparative method in historical linguistics can provide a relative chronology, it cannot provide absolute date estimates and an alternative approach, called glottochronology, is fundamentally flawed. In this paper we outline how computational phylogenetic methods can reliably estimate language divergence dates and thus help resolve long-standing debates about human prehistory ranging from the origin of the Indo-European language family to the peopling of the Pacific.

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Section: The Origin Of the Indo-european Languagesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Language evolution and human history: what a difference a date makes

Gray

Atkinson

Greenhill

2011

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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“…One particularly famous case in point is the origin of the Indo-European language family (Atkinson and Gray 2006). Since 1960 alone, there have been at least fourteen different and distinct homeland proposals, stretching from central Europe to India (Mallory 1989). There are also vigorous debates about the origins of other language families (Bellwood and Renfrew 2003).…”

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The Pleasures and Perils of Darwinizing Culture (with Phylogenies)

2007

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Current debates about "Darwinizing culture" have typically focused on the validity of memetics. In this paper we argue that meme-like inheritance is not a necessary requirement for descent with modification. We suggest that an alternative and more productive way of Darwinizing culture can be found in the application of phylogenetic methods. We review recent work on cultural phylogenetics and outline six fundamental questions that can be answered using the power and precision of quantitative phylogenetic methods. However, cultural evolution, like biological evolution, is often far from tree-like. We discuss the problems reticulate evolution can cause for phylogenetic analyses and suggest ways in which these problems can be overcome. Our solutions involve a combination of new methods for the study of cultural evolution (network construction, reconciliation analysis, and Bayesian mixture models), and the triangulation of different lines of historical evidence. Throughout we emphasize that most debates about cultural phylogenies can only be settled by empirical research rather than armchair speculation.

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“…This assumption is supported by the fact that these new features in the spiritual culture of Iran have a long tradition in the development of the Eurasian steppes. [111][112][113][114][115] Apparently, the ritual burials and images of horses and riders record the path of the Iranian-speaking tribes to move to the Iranian plateau and brought with them skills of chariotry, horseridding, horse breeding and horse cult in general. Illustrative and key in this sense, we are the so-called Louristan Bronzes a collection of many different items, artfully poured out of high-quality metal with a high content of tin, made in an elegant art style, found mainly on the territory of the Iranian province of Louristan and presented today in expositions many of the largest museums in the world.…”

Section: The Iranian Channel Of Communicationmentioning

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Whence the Cimmerians Came? Transcontinental Communications of the Early Nomads in the Lights of the Origin of the Cimmerians

Novozhenov¹

2018

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In Search of the Indo-Europeans / Language, Archaeology and Myth

Cited by 87 publications

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Language evolution and human history: what a difference a date makes

Language evolution and human history: what a difference a date makes

The Pleasures and Perils of Darwinizing Culture (with Phylogenies)

Whence the Cimmerians Came? Transcontinental Communications of the Early Nomads in the Lights of the Origin of the Cimmerians

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