The Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture is an encyclopedia
Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia is a comprehensive written compendium that holds information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge.... of Indo-European studies
Indo-European studies
Indo-European studies is a field of linguistics dealing with Indo-European languages, both current and extinct. Its goal is to amass information about the hypothetical proto-language from which all of these languages are descended, a language dubbed Proto-Indo-European language , and its speakers, the Proto-Indo-Europeans, including their soc... and the Proto-Indo-Europeans
Proto-Indo-Europeans
The Proto-Indo-Europeans were the speakers of the Proto-Indo-European language, and likely lived around 4000 BC, during the Copper Age and the Bronze Age, or possibly earlier, during the Neolithic or Paleolithic eras.... . The encyclopedia was edited by J. P. Mallory and Douglas Q. Adams
Douglas Q. Adams
Douglas Q. Adams is a professor of English language at the University of Idaho and an Indo-European languages comparativist. Adams studied University of Chicago, taking his PhD in 1972.... and published in 1997 by Fitzroy Dearborn. Archaeological articles are written by Mallory, linguistic articles are written by Adams, and includes a distinguished Who's Who
Who's Who
Who's Who or Who is Who is the name of a number of reference publications, generally containing concise biography information on a particular group of people.... of 1990s Indo-Europeanists who made contributions as sub-editors. While not a polemic
Polemic
Polemics is the practice of disputing or controverting religion, philosophy, politics, or scientific matters. As such, a polemic text on a topic is often written specifically to dispute or refute a position or theory that is widely viewed to be beyond reproach.... , the work in part responds to Lord Renfrew's
Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn
Andrew Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn is an United Kingdom archaeologist, noted for his work on the radiocarbon revolution, the paleolinguistics, archaeogenetics, and the prevention of Illicit antiquities.... Anatolian hypothesis
Anatolian hypothesis
The Anatolian hypothesis is also called Renfrew's Neolithic Discontinuity Theory ; it proposes that the dispersal of Proto-Indo-Europeans originated in Neolithic Anatolia.... of Indo-European origins
Proto-Indo-European Urheimat hypotheses
The Proto-Indo-European Urheimat hypotheses are designed to explain the origins of the Proto-Indo-European language and the people. The identity of the Proto-Indo-Europeans has been a recurring topic in Indo-European studies since the 19th century.... .
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Encyclopedia
The Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture is an encyclopedia
Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia is a comprehensive written compendium that holds information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge.... of Indo-European studies
Indo-European studies
Indo-European studies is a field of linguistics dealing with Indo-European languages, both current and extinct. Its goal is to amass information about the hypothetical proto-language from which all of these languages are descended, a language dubbed Proto-Indo-European language , and its speakers, the Proto-Indo-Europeans, including their soc... and the Proto-Indo-Europeans
Proto-Indo-Europeans
The Proto-Indo-Europeans were the speakers of the Proto-Indo-European language, and likely lived around 4000 BC, during the Copper Age and the Bronze Age, or possibly earlier, during the Neolithic or Paleolithic eras.... . The encyclopedia was edited by J. P. Mallory and Douglas Q. Adams
Douglas Q. Adams
Douglas Q. Adams is a professor of English language at the University of Idaho and an Indo-European languages comparativist. Adams studied University of Chicago, taking his PhD in 1972.... and published in 1997 by Fitzroy Dearborn. Archaeological articles are written by Mallory, linguistic articles are written by Adams, and includes a distinguished Who's Who
Who's Who
Who's Who or Who is Who is the name of a number of reference publications, generally containing concise biography information on a particular group of people.... of 1990s Indo-Europeanists who made contributions as sub-editors. While not a polemic
Polemic
Polemics is the practice of disputing or controverting religion, philosophy, politics, or scientific matters. As such, a polemic text on a topic is often written specifically to dispute or refute a position or theory that is widely viewed to be beyond reproach.... , the work in part responds to Lord Renfrew's
Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn
Andrew Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn is an United Kingdom archaeologist, noted for his work on the radiocarbon revolution, the paleolinguistics, archaeogenetics, and the prevention of Illicit antiquities.... Anatolian hypothesis
Anatolian hypothesis
The Anatolian hypothesis is also called Renfrew's Neolithic Discontinuity Theory ; it proposes that the dispersal of Proto-Indo-Europeans originated in Neolithic Anatolia.... of Indo-European origins
Proto-Indo-European Urheimat hypotheses
The Proto-Indo-European Urheimat hypotheses are designed to explain the origins of the Proto-Indo-European language and the people. The identity of the Proto-Indo-Europeans has been a recurring topic in Indo-European studies since the 19th century.... .
