01-08-2012, 02:43 AM
The so-called linguistic evidence was taken care of by Johanna Nichols quite ably. Her conclusion was that IE originated in the Eastern part of the Southern arc and the trajectories are all westwards into the linguistic refugia of Europe. There is even a westward sanskritic trajectory: the Mittani/Kassites, and the oft "overlooked" Pontic Sindoi (Sinti) who carelessly intrude right into the herrenvolk home base. The environment is such that none have even dared asked what happened to these Sindoi.
[quote name='Pusan' date='06 January 2012 - 04:16 PM' timestamp='1325846297' post='114145']
- Bronze age Eurasia did not have major city states where population could settle for a reasonable time period. It's mostly camp sites. Longer term settlements are found to the eastern (Sintashta) and western extremes (Cucuteny[/quote]
This displays a profound ignorance of heathen social forms. Sindoi/Sinti did not require any state structure much less state propaganda unlike Alexander.
Latest on horse domestication is here:
[url="http://news.discovery.com/animals/horse-domestication-saudi-arabia-110825.html"]Horses Domesticated 9,000 Years Ago in Saudi Arabia[/url]
The Arabian horse is related to the E. Sivalensis in tropical Asia and to the Barb in Africa which was pointed out by PK Manansala long ago. K. Elst also anticipated the Arabian findings: "Even supporters of the AIT have admitted that the horse was known in Mohenjo Daro, near the coast of the Arabian Sea..."
[quote name='Pusan' date='06 January 2012 - 04:16 PM' timestamp='1325846297' post='114145']
- Bronze age Eurasia did not have major city states where population could settle for a reasonable time period. It's mostly camp sites. Longer term settlements are found to the eastern (Sintashta) and western extremes (Cucuteny[/quote]
This displays a profound ignorance of heathen social forms. Sindoi/Sinti did not require any state structure much less state propaganda unlike Alexander.
Quote:- Calamities aren't the sole cause of language dispersals. Greater mobility provided by horse domestication on the steppes is a
Latest on horse domestication is here:
[url="http://news.discovery.com/animals/horse-domestication-saudi-arabia-110825.html"]Horses Domesticated 9,000 Years Ago in Saudi Arabia[/url]
The Arabian horse is related to the E. Sivalensis in tropical Asia and to the Barb in Africa which was pointed out by PK Manansala long ago. K. Elst also anticipated the Arabian findings: "Even supporters of the AIT have admitted that the horse was known in Mohenjo Daro, near the coast of the Arabian Sea..."