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20 - Marriage Strategies and Fosterage among the Indo-Europeans: A Linguistic Perspective

from Part V - Kinship Systems, Marriage, Fosterage, Free, and Unfree

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2023

By
Birgit A. Olsen
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 recent years, it has become increasingly clear that a combination of genetics, archaeology, and historical-comparative linguistics is the only sensible way to reach a deeper and more subtle understanding of the Indo-European question. By now, there is practically general agreement that at the very least, “Indo-Tocharian,”1 defined as the predecessor of all branches of the Indo-European family with the exception of Anatolian, originated in the Pontic–Caspian steppe. The speakers of this common language have been archaeologically connected with the Yamnaya horizon, later continued in northern Europe as the Corded Ware culture.2

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

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