Archaeology and Language II - Archaeological Data and Linguistic Hypotheses

This volume of the "Archaeology and Language trilogy examines how archaeological data can be interpreted through linguistic hypotheses. The collection demonstrates the possibility that, where archaeological sequences are reasonably well-known, evidence of language diversification may be extrapolated to draw an absolute chronology.

List of contents

List of figures, List of tables, List of contributors, Preface, General introduction Roger Blench and Matthew Spriggs, Introduction to Volume II Matthew Spriggs and Roger Blench, Part I Correlating archaeological and linguistic sequences, Part II Migration and expansion and their linguistic correlates: Eurasian case studies, Part III Linguistic models in reconstructing subsistence systems, Index

About the author

Roger Blench is Research Fellow of the Overseas Development Institute, London. Matthew Spriggs is Professor of Archaeology at the Australian National University, Canberra.

Summary

Using language to date the origin and spread of food production Archaeology and Language II represents groundbreaking work in synthesizing two disciplines that are now seen as interlinked: linguistics and archaeology.

Product details

• Assisted by: Roger Blench (Editor), Blench Roger (Editor), Matthew Spriggs (Editor), Spriggs Matthew (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.12.1998
• EAN: 9780415117616
• ISBN: 978-0-415-11761-6
• No. of pages: 452
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 29 mm
• Weight: 1000 g
• Series: One World Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; Linguistics, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / World, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, General & world history, Ancient History, General and world history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Archaeological science, methodology & techniques, Archaeological Theory, Archaeological science, methodology and techniques