This book introduces Proto-Indo-European, describes how it was reconstructed from its descendant languages, and shows what it reveals about the people who spoke it between 5,500 and 8,000 years ago. Using related evidence from archaeology and natural history the authors explore the lives, thoughts, passions, culture, society, economy, history, and environment of the Proto-Indo-Europeans. They include chapters on fauna, flora, family and kinship, clothing and textiles, food and drink, space and time, emotions, mythology, and religion, and describe the quest to discover the Proto-Indo-European homeland.…mehr
This book introduces Proto-Indo-European, describes how it was reconstructed from its descendant languages, and shows what it reveals about the people who spoke it between 5,500 and 8,000 years ago. Using related evidence from archaeology and natural history the authors explore the lives, thoughts, passions, culture, society, economy, history, and environment of the Proto-Indo-Europeans. They include chapters on fauna, flora, family and kinship, clothing and textiles, food and drink, space and time, emotions, mythology, and religion, and describe the quest to discover the Proto-Indo-European homeland.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
J. P. Mallory is Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology at the Queen's University of Belfast. He holds a PhD in Indo-European Studies (1975) from the University of California. His books include In Search of the Indo-Europeans (1989) and, with Victor Mair, The Tarim Mummies: The Mystery of the First Westerners in Ancient China (2000). He is currently the editor of the Journal of Indo-European Studies and was elected to the Royal Irish Academy in 1996. D. Q. Adams is Professor of English at the University of Idaho. He holds a PhD in Linguistics (1972) from the University of Chicago (1972). His published work includes An Introduction to Tocharian Historical Morphology (1988), A Dictionary of Tocharian B (1999), and numerous articles on Indo-European and especially Tocharian topics. J. P. Mallory and D. Q. Adams are the co-editors of the Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture (1997).
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List of Maps List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Introduction: How to Use This Book 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: Society 18: Space and Time 19: Number and Quantity 20: Mind, Emotions and Sense Perception 21: Speech and Sound 22: Activities 23: Religion 24: Grammatical Categories 25: Comparative Mythology 26: Origins - The Never-ending Tale Basic Sound Correspondences Between PIE and the Major IE Groups A Proto-Indo-European-English Word-List An English-Proto-Indo-European Word-List References Index of Languages Index of Subjects and Places
List of Maps List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Introduction: How to Use This Book 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: Society 18: Space and Time 19: Number and Quantity 20: Mind, Emotions and Sense Perception 21: Speech and Sound 22: Activities 23: Religion 24: Grammatical Categories 25: Comparative Mythology 26: Origins - The Never-ending Tale Basic Sound Correspondences Between PIE and the Major IE Groups A Proto-Indo-European-English Word-List An English-Proto-Indo-European Word-List References Index of Languages Index of Subjects and Places
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