On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 11:24:10 +0000, Richard Wordingham
<richard.wordingham@...> wrote:

>What sort of evidence demonstrates that the 'Hatti' were there first?

The names Hatti (the land), Hattusas (the city).

The Hittite language is referred to as <nesili> ("in Hittite"). Fragments
in Hattic are introduced as <hattili> ("in Hattic").

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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