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23 - New Directions in Archaeogenetics and Archaeolinguistics: Recapitulation and Outlook

from Concluding Reflections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2023

By
Guus Kroonen  and
Kristian Kristiansen
Edited by
Kristian Kristiansen ,
Guus Kroonen  and
Eske Willerslev
Kristian Kristiansen
Affiliation:
Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden
Guus Kroonen
Affiliation:
Universiteit Leiden
Eske Willerslev
Affiliation:
University of Copenhagen
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Summary

In the past couple of years, we have witnessed how new techniques for the study of ancient biomolecules have disrupted the study of the human past and reshaped the research arena (Cappellini et al. 2018). Traditionally, only two lines of evidence have been available for human prehistory: that of prehistoric archaeology and that of historical linguistics. Now we are so fortunate as to witness these being supplemented with a third, entirely independent line of evidence, viz. palaeogenetics. The consequences of this addition can safely be called spectacular.

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The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited
Integrating Archaeology, Genetics, and Linguistics
 , pp. 329 - 338
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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