> climatic changes took place in Northern Eurasia and caused perpetual
> waves of southword emigration of stock-farmers. Parallel to the
> emergence of the Chinese Empire and the Chinese language in East
> Asia, there were also invasions of Indo-European warriors to the
> Agean and Adriatic area, to Syro-Palestina and even to Egypt around
> 2500-2200 B.C. (cf. Gimbutas 1970, pp. 191).
> "
>
> Torsten
Gimbutastic invasions!
"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 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. "
Trudy Kawami (msg # 1944, on Indo-Eurasian Research, Oct 13, 2005).
Trudy S. Kawami, received her Ph.D in art history and archaeology from
Columbia University, where she specialized in ancient art of Western
Asia. Throughout her career, she has carried out research in Turkey,
Iran, Israel as well as major European museums. The author of two
books and numerous articles, Dr. Kawami lectures frequently, and
currently teaches a course on the art of ancient Near East at the
School of Visual Arts in New York City.
M. kelkar