Re: That old Odin scenario ...

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, george knysh <gknysh@...> wrote:

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> --- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
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> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, george knysh
> > <gknysh@> wrote:
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> > > --- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@> wrote:
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> > > > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, george knysh
> > > > <gknysh@> wrote:
> > > > > --- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@> wrote:
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> > > > > > Nice. I propose that Milograd was Finnic, then.
> > > > > > That'll give us the Finnnic substrate I need for Slavic.
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> > > > > GK: Find it somewhere else. Milograd was Baltic, not
> > > > > Finnic.
> > > >
> > > > Because ... ?
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> > > GK: The material culture is closely related to
> > > similar ones north,west,and east, all considered
> > > Baltic.
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> > Could you name them? I'm reading Okulicz and Gol/a,b on the
> > subject and would like to see the geographical context.
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> ****GK: The basic Baltic culture north of Milograd is
> called "the stroked ceramic culture" in my sources.To
> the east of Milograd, there was the "Yukhnov culture".

And in what way were they Baltic?

> I remember reading a good book by Marija Gimbutas
> ["The Balts"]which is probably still relevant on this
> issue. Newer literature has not altered the
> basics.****

Great read. I read it some years back.

> > > It is nearly identical to the Pidhirtsi culture of Ukraine
> > > (considered Baltic),
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> > Wikipedia claims Mylohrad and Pidhirtsi are other names for
> > Milograd, which by some claimed to be Baltic, by others to be
> > Slavic.
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> ****GK: Maybe "BaltoSlavic" would be best. BTW
> Milograd/Pidhirtsi were Herodotus' "Neuri" ****

Now you confuse me. Are Milograd and Pidhirtsi separate cultures, and
if yes, where were they situated?


Torsten