Re: [tied] Substrates in Reconstructed-PIE itself??

--- mkelkar2003 <smykelkar@...> wrote:

> It is time to Kurganize the Kurgan theory once and
> for all!

****GK: It does indeed appear that the emergence of
PIE according to the East European scenario must
antedate Yamna.****

>
> According to Trudy Kawami (msg # 1944, on
> Indo-Eurasian Research, Oct
> 13, 2005).
>
> "I (Kawami) have no idea what goes on in linguistic
> circles, but in
> archaeological
> ones Gimbutas' "kurgan-theory" is now irrelevant.
> There is far more
> information about the Bronze Age on the steppes

****GK: Kawami needs a refresher course. Gimbutas'
theory, defective as it is, is primarily about the
Eneolithic Age.*****

> where it is clear that
> there were MANY types of cultures (& probably
> languages but we have no
> writing so we can't really know). Most steppe
> archaeologists today are
> more interested the physical evidence than New Age
> romanticism."

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