What language did Neolithic pots speak? Colin Renfrew's European farming-language-dispersal model challenged

Antiquity

Volumn 79, Issue 305, 2005, Pages 679-691

  Kristiansen, Kristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bronze Age; Europe; Farming; Language; Neolithic; Pottery

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; CULTURAL CHANGE; LANGUAGE; NEOLITHIC;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 25144474054     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00114607     Document Type: Article

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