Re: Ancient Slavic Calendar?

I just wanted to say that my opinion on Rybakov's handling of
linguistic problems, and suspicions regarding his general scholarly
credibility, are basically the same as Sergei's.

Piotr

--- In cybalist@..., "Sergejus Tarasovas" <S.Tarasovas@...> wrote:


> All the data, especially linguistic one, that comes from Rybakov
> should be taken with great caution. First, he is ethnocentric (and
> engaged) to an extent a real scholar can hardly allow himself. I've
> read the book, and while I can't comment on the archeological
moments
> (he's a professional archeologist, after all) his comments on
> linguistic issues are extremely unprofessional. As his own theory
> places Slavic and even pre-Slavic Urheimat in Ukrain, he
> automatically ascribes to Proto Slavs all the archeological
evidence
> from that area (since Neolithic!).
>
> The Slavic names he proposes are amateurish and linguistically
> incorrect.
>
> I'll post on Lithuanian and East Slavic months in the evening.
>
> Sergei