The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (685 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 069114818X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 568 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Anthony also describes his fascinating discovery of how the wear from bits on ancient horse teeth reveals the origins of horseback riding.The Horse, the Wheel, and Language solves a puzzle that has vexed scholars for two centuries--the source of the Indo-European languages and English--and recovers a magnificent and influential civilization from the past.. The Horse, the Wheel, and Language lifts the veil that has long shrouded these original Indo-European speakers, and reveals how their domestication of horses an
. Central to his thesis is the role of the horse, originally domesticated for food and first ridden to manage herds; only later, with the development of the chariot, were they ridden during combat. Anthony provides a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of his subject, complete with a history of relevant research over the past two centuries (including evidence and opinion that counter his own, such as the now-discredited Aryan race hypothesis). A thorough look at the cutting edge of anthropology, Anthony's book is a fascinating look into the origins of modern man. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Publishers Weekly In this study of language, archeology and culture, Hartwick College anthropology professor Anthony hypothesizes that a proto-Indo-European culture emerged in the Ponto-Caspian steppes 4,000 years ago, speaking an ur-language ancestor to the Romance, German and Slavic family of languages, Sanskrit and modern
"Significant, well written work" according to Christopher R. Travers. In this work, David Anthony seeks to demonstrate that the original homeland of the Indo-European language family was in the Pontic-Caspian Steppes. In the process, he shows how the culture developed. This represents a significant contribution to the field and I would h. Aphotog said Good in many respects, but it's not quite what it claims to be. Contrary to its subtitle, the book does not explain "How bronze-age riders from the Eurasian steppes shaped the modern world" unless your idea of the modern world is the Late Bronze Age, circa 1"Good in many respects, but it's not quite what it claims to be" according to Aphotog. Contrary to its subtitle, the book does not explain "How bronze-age riders from the Eurasian steppes shaped the modern world" unless your idea of the modern world is the Late Bronze Age, circa 1200 BC, which is roughly where the book ends."Shaping the modern world" is . 00 BC, which is roughly where the book ends."Shaping the modern world" is . Fascinating and insightful, but it gets deeply into the archeological weeds during the last half This book appears to be a quintessential "gosh-wow!" science book. By Gosh-wow!, I mean a book that tackles a big unanswered question in a mind-blowing way. The reconstruction of a language that was not written down and which has not been spoken for Fascinating and insightful, but it gets deeply into the archeological weeds during the last half Peter S. Bradley This book appears to be a quintessential "gosh-wow!" science book. By Gosh-wow!, I mean a book that tackles a big unanswered question in a mind-blowing way. The reconstruction of a language that was not written down and which has not been spoken for 4,500 years, and th. ,500 years, and th