The Horse, The Wheel and Language
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The Horse, The Wheel and Language is a book by David W. Anthony, which won the Society for American Archaeology
's 2010 Book Award.
The book explores the origins of Indo-European languages
in the context of the domestication of the horse
and invention of the wheel
.
The book tries to explain the dominance of Indo-European languages
, which are spoken by three billion people.
The ISBN of the book is:
Society for American Archaeology
The Society for American Archaeology is the largest organization of professional archaeologists of the Americas in the world. The Society was founded in 1934 and today has over 7000 members. The Society holds an annual conference and publishes the flagship journal of American archaeology,...
's 2010 Book Award.
The book explores the origins of Indo-European languages
Indo-European languages
The Indo-European languages are a family of several hundred related languages and dialects, including most major current languages of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and South Asia and also historically predominant in Anatolia...
in the context of the domestication of the horse
Domestication of the horse
There are a number of hypotheses on many of the key issues regarding the domestication of the horse. Although horses appeared in Paleolithic cave art as early as 30,000 BCE, these were truly wild horses and were probably hunted for meat. How and when horses became domesticated is disputed...
and invention of the wheel
Wheel
A wheel is a device that allows heavy objects to be moved easily through rotating on an axle through its center, facilitating movement or transportation while supporting a load, or performing labor in machines. Common examples found in transport applications. A wheel, together with an axle,...
.
The book tries to explain the dominance of Indo-European languages
Indo-European languages
The Indo-European languages are a family of several hundred related languages and dialects, including most major current languages of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and South Asia and also historically predominant in Anatolia...
, which are spoken by three billion people.
The ISBN of the book is:
- ISBN10: 0691058873
- ISBN13: 978-0691058870
External links
- Sample chapter
- New York Times review
- Dreamflesh Review
- Entry at Google Books
- Entry at AbeBooks
- 'Horseback Riding and Bronze Age Pastoralism in the Eurasian Steppes', David W. Anthony, University of Pennsylvania Museum, YoutubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
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