Linguistic diversity in the Caucasus

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2008, Pages 131-143

  Comrie, Bernard ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion zone; Exogamy; Genealogical diversity; Linguistic area; Structural diversity

Indexed keywords

GENEALOGY; LANGUAGE; NATIONAL IDENTITY;

CAUCASUS; EURASIA;

EID: 55349096511     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.35.081705.123248     Document Type: Article

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