From: tgpedersen
Message: 55867
Date: 2008-03-24
>I need a little time to organize my thoughts on that> They came from
> Leaving aside the Torun, Ariovistus, Hermunduri, Berig
> etc.. discussions, let's look at something more basic
> for your theory. How do you explain the emergence of
> Germanic in the context of the Przeworsk culture? This
> might be an interesting exercise in the correlation of
> archaeological, historical, and linguistic data.
> What do we know of Przeworsk?
> (1) It did not exist as of ca. 300 BCE. The area was
> then occupied by a population of Late Lusatian
> culture. Do you have any views as to their language?
> Let's call it language A.
> (2) By ca. 200 BCE early Przeworsk is detectable
> (roughly between the Oder and Visla).
>
> We know its genetic archaeological components:
>
> a. The Jastorf culture. The dominant contribution.
> have any views as to their language? Let's call itI need a little time to organize my thoughts on that, but very good
> language B.
> b. The La Tene culture. Very significant in terms of
> borrowed cultural forms. Not in terms of verifiable
> human groups. We know their language was Celtic
> (language C).
> c. The Iron Age Scandinavian culture of Bornholm and
> the islands. Slight contribution. What was their
> language? (D).
> d. Remnants of the local Lusatian culture.
>
> According to you, how did B, C, D, and A interact to
> produce "Germanic" in the course of the 3rd c. BCE?
>