Re: [tied] Re: PIE's closest relatives

George Knysh wrote:

> ******GK: Non-calibrated, as far as I can tell. Thus,
> the "hayday" of Serednodniprovska is dated ca.
> 2200-1600 BC*****

In the context of our discussion the very beginning is more important than
the heyday. Or "hayday" is not a typo? What does it mean?

> ******GK: Interestingly, Sveshnikov is the author of
> the paragraphs dealing with the various western CW
> groups... At the end he gives dates applicable to the
> whole western CW complex ("end of IIIrd mill. BC"] but
> his comparisons and synchronizations with neighbouring
> cultures (esp. pre-Sofiivka Late Trypilia and Funnel
> Beaker), are in clear conflict with this chronology.
> The section on Serednodniprovska was written by S. S.
> Berezanska.*****

Could you please give short quotations?

Frankly, I would be glad if Srednedneprovskaya c. appeared to be some
younger than the western variants (or vice versa - considerably older than
any of the western variants). I feel not comfortably when trying to imagine
that one thing (the CW complex) emerges simultaneously in 2 different places
in the distance of a few hundred km.

Alexander