Re: Tolos & Kurgan

From: John Croft
Message: 1737
Date: 2000-03-01

Further to the tolos and kurgan post from Gerry and in relation to the
identification of the tolos with the Halafian culture, I can only
recommend you check out http://www.xs4all.nl/~tank/kurdish/htdocs/his/o
rig.html on

Exploring Kurdish Origins

by Mehrdad R. Izady (Harvard University Lecture 10 March 1993)

Not only is it an excellent discussion on such topics as
Hurrian-Hittite and Iranian penetration - it gives the best history of
the Kurds that I have ever seen. It is a brilliant piece of work (and
comes close to identifying who the Sumerian substrate was as well.

Follow it up.

Regards

John