Alans (was Re: [tied] Re: Warning to list: Race and anthropology)

In a message dated 09/04/01 19:37:29 GMT Daylight Time, astolbov@...
writes:

> However some investigators claim that Alans were ancestors of Karachay and
> Balkar volks (I. M. Miziyev ), or even of Chechenians and Ingush (D.

Baksan)

> and successfully (as they say) read the Zelencuk inscription as Old Turkic
> or as Nakh respectively.
>

Can you give me some references on this, Alexander?

Thanks

Ed.