Re: Fwd: Odp: Bell Beakers in the Ukraine? and Germanic loanword

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 94
Date: 1999-10-22

 
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Subject: [cybalist] Fwd: Odp: Bell Beakers in the Ukraine? and Germanic loanwords in Finno-Ugric

 
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About Ukraine and PIE: could anyone help me in understanfing why a key
factor as the Tripolyie cities (Tauropolis & Co?) is still remaining
out from the general debate on PIE. Should I be informed about
something I still don't know?
Do you have suggestions about articles or congress papers on this
matter?
Shouldn't it be of enormous impact on IE studies, specially when
considering the M. Gymbutas theories?
Thank you for any help and, please, forgive this first attempt of
participation of a newcomer, if it may look a bit naif
best regards to all participants and compliments to Cyril & Co. for the
site
Pietro Giurickovic
Dear Pietro,
 
There are people who certainly don't ignore the Cucuteni-Tripolye culture when discussing IE origins, though I must agree that it has been regrettably neglected by proponents of a steppe homeland. Gimbuts herself regarded Cucuteni as a prematurely truncated pre-IE quasi-urban culture. There have been very interesting attempts to connect C/T with the Proto-Tocharians by pointing to common cultural traits (decorative motifs etc.) and even anthropometric data, despite the chronological and geographical gap (not to say chasm) between C/T and the historically attested Tocharians.
 
Piotr Gąsiorowski