J. P. Mallory

Language, Archaeology, and Myth

In Search of the Indo-Europeans

Douglas Q. Adams

Our linguistic ancestors had used the wheel, were settled arable farmers, kept sheep and cattle, brewed beer, got married, made weapons, and had at least 27 verbs for the expression of strife. The subjects to which the authors devote chapters include fauna, flora, family and kinship, clothing and textiles, food and drink, space and time, emotions, mythology, religion, and the continuing quest to discover the Proto-Indo-European homeland.".

The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World

The origins of the Irish

D. I︠A︡ Telehin

THE COPPER AGE STELAE OF THE UKRAINE:IntroductionSimple StelaeStatue-MenhirsAltar SanctuariesThe Creators of the Stelae.IMAGERY AND MYTH:ContextAnatomy and Dress of the Statue-MenhirsAnatomy and MythologyThe Stela as Royal FigureIndo-European Deities?Diffusion?.STELA-OBELISKS OF THE CIMMERIANS:IntroductionSingle-Headed StelaeDeer Stones of the North CaucasusThe Function of the Cimmerian Stelae.STELAE OF THE SCYTHIANS AND SARMATIANS:IntroductionStatue-StelaeSchematic Stelae and Statutory ReliefsThe Georgiyevka Stela. SLAVIC STELAE:The Zbruch IdolThe Sanctuary on Bogt Mountain.STONE 'BABAS? OF THE POLOVTSIANS.ConclusionsAppendix?A Catalogue of Copper Age Stelae.

The Early Iconography of the Indo-Europeans

The Anthropomorphic Stelae of the Ukraine

“This major achievement is the best, most gracefully written new study of earliest Ireland… Mallory bravely ponders: how much of Irish culture was a local invention and how much was influenced by neighbors, especially Britain . . . Essential.”—Choice About eighty million people today can trace their descent back to the occupants of Ireland. But where did the occupants of the island themselves come from and what do we even mean by “Irish” in the first place? This is the first major attempt to deal with the core issues of how the Irish came into being. J. P. Mallory emphasizes that the Irish did not have a single origin, but are a product of multiple influences that can only be tracked by employing the disciplines of archaeology, genetics, geology, linguistics, and mythology. Beginning with the collision that fused the two halves of Ireland together, the book traces Ireland’s long journey through space and time to become an island. The origins of its first farmers and their monumental impact on the island is followed by an exploration of how metallurgists in copper, bronze, and iron brought Ireland into increasingly wider orbits of European culture. Assessments of traditional explanations of Irish origins are combined with the very latest genetic research into the biological origins of the Irish.

The Origins of the Irish

Eiméar Nelis

Barrie Hartwell

Excavations on Donegore Hill, Co. Antrim

D. Q. Adams

The authors introduce Proto-Indo-European describing its construction and revealing the people who spoke it between 5,500 and 8,000 years ago. Using archaeological evidence and natural history they reconstruct the lives, passions, culture, society and mythology of the Proto-Indo-Europeans.

Colin Renfrew

Denis Sinor

Michael Puett

Asko Parpola

E. J. W. Barber

Werner Winter

Katheryn M. Linduff

Ann Taylor

Don Ringe

Georges-Jean Pinault

Alexander Lubotsky

John Colarusso

Dolkun Kamberi

Dru C. Gladney

Chien wen Chen

C Scott Littleton

E. Bruce Brooks

Kenneth J. Hsü

Harold C. Fleming

Irene Good

Emwa C. Bunker

Colin Shell

Jianjun Mei

Ke Peng

Han Kangxin

Tongmao Zhao

Paolo Francalacci

William S-Y Wang

Penglin Wang

Kevin Tuite

Libby Levison

Alexander Michailov

Tandy Warnow

Eric P. Hamp

Tzehtley C'hiou Peng

Perry A. Tourtellotte

Claudia Chang

Jeannine Davis Kimball

Fredrik T. Hiehert

Natalia I. Shishlina

Karl Jettmar

Dexiu He

Tao Shui

VOLUME 1:ARCHEOLOGY, MIGRATION AND NOMADISM, LINGUISTICS:INTRODUCTION:ARCHEOLOGY:MIGRATION AND NOMADISM:LINGUISTICS:*VOLUME 2:GENETICS AND PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY:METALLURGY:TEXTILES:GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATOLOGY:HISTORY:MYTHOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY:CONCLUSION:APPENDIX:ISBN inclusive of both Volumes

Journal of Indo-European Studies Monograph Series No. 26 (inclusive of Two Volumes)

The Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Peoples of Eastern Central Asia

Language, Archaeology and Myth

Ireland's oldest traditions excavated via archaeological, genetic, and linguistic research, culminating in atruly groundbreaking publication

Archaeology and Early Irish Literature

In Search of the Irish Dreamtime

The Origins of the Irish is the first major attempt in nearly eighty years to deal with the core issues of how the Irish people came into being. Written as an engrossing detective story, this authoritative and brilliantly argued book emphasizes that the Irish did not have a single origin, but are a product of multiple influences that can only be tracked by employing the varied disciplines of archaeology, genetics, geology, linguistics and mythology. Illustrated with numerous informative line drawings and maps, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in Ireland and the Irish.

J. P. Mallory

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