Re: [tied] Etruscan and Nakh

Glen wrote

> But you aren't getting it! This... just... doesn't... work, Ed!

There is

> nothing in way of concrete evidence to support your whimsical views

that the

> Etruscan language could ever be traced back to Eastern Anatolia in

the past

> 10,000 years. People have pointed to similarities between the

Etruscans and

> _West_ Anatolians, linguistically and culturally, from classical

times and

> there is archaeological evidence (like the Lemnos Stele) that shows

that

> this idea must have truth to it. But I don't recall anyone showing

any

> archaeological evidence of an _East_ Anatolian link... that's

because there

> isn't any.

Come on Glen, who are you kidding. There are many East Anatolian-
West Anatolian links, going way back to the Upper Paleolithic. You
yourself point to Natufian arrivals all along the south coast. Try
the spread of agriculture for starters. You yourself point to a NW
Caucasian origin for agriculture. The links between the "mother
goddess" figurines of Catal Huyuk, Halafian culture and
various "mother goddesses" (eg Ephesus) in Western Anatolia are clear.

Regards

John