Re: Danubian Urheimat

> Mark, you write the following:

>
> <The

idea seems that the PIEs were not Kurgans, but rather, were

> kurganized

by linguistically unrelated migrants from the

> east.>
>
>

Gerry here: I have a very small suggestion. Your reference to Kurgans

> could possibly be a bit unclear? In which sense are you

using the word?

> As a particular group of folks who used kurgans for

tumuli and/or houses

> or for the people themselves?

'The Kurgans' defines a culture associated with an archaeological horizon. It speaks to their inhumation practices. I don't think I'm being unclear. Some or all of these Kurgans may have been PIE speaking; the standard model regarding Sredney Stog suggests at least some of them were.

Mark.