david w anthony the horse the wheel and language

Please, audible, record more academic books like this one. Audiobooks provide a wonderful alternative and I was able to listen/read this excellent book in just a few days. I have had this book at home for several years and did not finish reading it because it is hard to find the time to sit and read. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio. 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. Anthony also describes his fascinating discovery of how the wear from bits on ancient horse teeth reveals the origins of horseback riding. He explains how they spread their traditions and gave rise to important advances in copper mining, warfare, and patron-client political institutions, thereby ushering in an era of vibrant social change. Anthony identifies the prehistoric peoples of Central Eurasia's steppe grasslands as the original speakers of Proto-Indo-European and shows how their innovative use of the ox wagon, horseback riding, and the warrior's chariot turned the Eurasian steppes into a thriving transcontinental corridor of communication, commerce, and cultural exchange. Linking prehistoric archaeological remains with the development of language, David W.

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 and use of the wheel spread language and transformed civilization. Until now, their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even Nazis seeking the roots of the Aryan race. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European.

David w anthony the horse the wheel and language