This paper presents the respondent's general comments to some of the papers of the seminar on the... more This paper presents the respondent's general comments to some of the papers of the seminar on the "Indo-European Homeland and Migrations: Linguistics, Archeology and DNA" (Moscow, 12 September, 2012). It briefly examines three homeland models (Neolithic Anatolia, Near Eastern and Pontic-Caspian) in terms of their ability to address the issues of Indo-European phylogeny (the separation of Anatolian from the rest of the Indo-European languages) and the dispersal of agricultural terms across the Indo-European world.
L'identification des territoires des populations eneolithiques de la steppe et de la foret-st... more L'identification des territoires des populations eneolithiques de la steppe et de la foret-steppique de la region du Pont-Mer Caspienne, comme des indo-europeens anciens est l'objet principale des recherches et des theories de Marija Gimbutas. L'une des plus grande collection de restes humains de la region derive des decouvertes du bassin de Donets et livre des restes des periodes Yamnaya et Catacombe. L'examen des restes osseux indique qu'il s'agit d'un type physique proto europeen robuste, que la continuite des traits persiste des periodes Yamnaya a Catacombe. On peut signaler egalement la presence de quelques elements plus graciles qui seraient confirmes par la presence de traces de deformations crâniennes rituelles dont l'origine pourrait etre l'actuel Daghestan
Navan, Co. Armagh, is one of the major ritual sites of Irish and of European prehistory. Its 2.5 ... more Navan, Co. Armagh, is one of the major ritual sites of Irish and of European prehistory. Its 2.5 square km encompass the bronze- and iron-age Navan ‘fort’, the bronze-age ritual pond of the King's Stables, the bronze-/iron-age Haughey's fort, and the iron-age ritual lake of Loughnashade – and, surely, other sites not yet detected. It figures largely in the early history of Ireland as the ancient capital of Ulster. For years, a limestone quarry has been eating into the archaeological landscape; its erosion was finally halted last year, thanks to the vigour with which the Friends of Navan fought the archaeological case. Here, one of the founder Friends sets out the issues, and what kind of victory was won.
How did tartan-wearing Indo-Europeans come to be in Asia 2,000 years before West and East admitte... more How did tartan-wearing Indo-Europeans come to be in Asia 2,000 years before West and East admitted each others existence? Describing their discovery of the Tarim Mummies and revealing the attempts of scientists to determine their ethnic identity, the authors examine all the evidence connected with the mummies, including textiles and languages of the Tarim region, in this acclaimed tour-de-force of scholarship.
The Indo-European languages comprise the largest language family in the world and by the Late Bro... more The Indo-European languages comprise the largest language family in the world and by the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age occupied a broad expanse of Eurasia from Ireland to western China and India. The inherited vocabulary of the Indo-European languages provided with an image of the prehistoric language(s) that was spoken at least from the late Neolithic onwards and sheds light on the actual names of weapons, types of defensive architecture, terms for aggressive behaviour, trauma, institutions and poetic diction associated with warfare. This chapter investigates the inherited vocabulary by first examining the items that may be directly expressed as material culture (weapons, defensive architecture) and then examines the more conceptual semantic fields related to hostility, combat, trauma, the social institutions involved with warfare and poetic diction. The reconstructed Proto-Indo-European vocabulary relating to weapons is neither particularly extensive nor is the reconstructed meaning always transparent. Keywords: Eurasia; India; Indo-European languages; Ireland; Iron age; Late Bronze age; warfare; western China
Written as an engrossing detective story by the leading authority, this is the first major accoun... more Written as an engrossing detective story by the leading authority, this is the first major account in nearly eighty years to deal with the core issues and multiple influences in the creation of the Irish people. Essential reading, with over 120 informative line drawings and maps, for anyone interested in Ireland and the Irish, this book brings together the evidence of archaeology, culture, tradition, genetics and linguistics to shed welcome new light on the age-old riddle of Irish origins.
This paper presents the respondent's general comments to some of the papers of the seminar on the... more This paper presents the respondent's general comments to some of the papers of the seminar on the "Indo-European Homeland and Migrations: Linguistics, Archeology and DNA" (Moscow, 12 September, 2012). It briefly examines three homeland models (Neolithic Anatolia, Near Eastern and Pontic-Caspian) in terms of their ability to address the issues of Indo-European phylogeny (the separation of Anatolian from the rest of the Indo-European languages) and the dispersal of agricultural terms across the Indo-European world.
L'identification des territoires des populations eneolithiques de la steppe et de la foret-st... more L'identification des territoires des populations eneolithiques de la steppe et de la foret-steppique de la region du Pont-Mer Caspienne, comme des indo-europeens anciens est l'objet principale des recherches et des theories de Marija Gimbutas. L'une des plus grande collection de restes humains de la region derive des decouvertes du bassin de Donets et livre des restes des periodes Yamnaya et Catacombe. L'examen des restes osseux indique qu'il s'agit d'un type physique proto europeen robuste, que la continuite des traits persiste des periodes Yamnaya a Catacombe. On peut signaler egalement la presence de quelques elements plus graciles qui seraient confirmes par la presence de traces de deformations crâniennes rituelles dont l'origine pourrait etre l'actuel Daghestan
Navan, Co. Armagh, is one of the major ritual sites of Irish and of European prehistory. Its 2.5 ... more Navan, Co. Armagh, is one of the major ritual sites of Irish and of European prehistory. Its 2.5 square km encompass the bronze- and iron-age Navan ‘fort’, the bronze-age ritual pond of the King's Stables, the bronze-/iron-age Haughey's fort, and the iron-age ritual lake of Loughnashade – and, surely, other sites not yet detected. It figures largely in the early history of Ireland as the ancient capital of Ulster. For years, a limestone quarry has been eating into the archaeological landscape; its erosion was finally halted last year, thanks to the vigour with which the Friends of Navan fought the archaeological case. Here, one of the founder Friends sets out the issues, and what kind of victory was won.
How did tartan-wearing Indo-Europeans come to be in Asia 2,000 years before West and East admitte... more How did tartan-wearing Indo-Europeans come to be in Asia 2,000 years before West and East admitted each others existence? Describing their discovery of the Tarim Mummies and revealing the attempts of scientists to determine their ethnic identity, the authors examine all the evidence connected with the mummies, including textiles and languages of the Tarim region, in this acclaimed tour-de-force of scholarship.
The Indo-European languages comprise the largest language family in the world and by the Late Bro... more The Indo-European languages comprise the largest language family in the world and by the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age occupied a broad expanse of Eurasia from Ireland to western China and India. The inherited vocabulary of the Indo-European languages provided with an image of the prehistoric language(s) that was spoken at least from the late Neolithic onwards and sheds light on the actual names of weapons, types of defensive architecture, terms for aggressive behaviour, trauma, institutions and poetic diction associated with warfare. This chapter investigates the inherited vocabulary by first examining the items that may be directly expressed as material culture (weapons, defensive architecture) and then examines the more conceptual semantic fields related to hostility, combat, trauma, the social institutions involved with warfare and poetic diction. The reconstructed Proto-Indo-European vocabulary relating to weapons is neither particularly extensive nor is the reconstructed meaning always transparent. Keywords: Eurasia; India; Indo-European languages; Ireland; Iron age; Late Bronze age; warfare; western China
Written as an engrossing detective story by the leading authority, this is the first major accoun... more Written as an engrossing detective story by the leading authority, this is the first major account in nearly eighty years to deal with the core issues and multiple influences in the creation of the Irish people. Essential reading, with over 120 informative line drawings and maps, for anyone interested in Ireland and the Irish, this book brings together the evidence of archaeology, culture, tradition, genetics and linguistics to shed welcome new light on the age-old riddle of Irish origins.
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