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18 - An Archaeolinguistic Approach to Indo-European Wool Terminology

from Part IV - The Bronze Age Chariot and Wool Horizons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2023

By
Birgit A. Olsen
Edited by
Kristian Kristiansen ,
Guus Kroonen  and
Eske Willerslev
Kristian Kristiansen
Affiliation:
Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden
Guus Kroonen
Affiliation:
Universiteit Leiden
Eske Willerslev
Affiliation:
University of Copenhagen
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Summary

As I have already discussed the field of Indo-European textile vocabulary on various occasions,1 I will here concentrate on the etymological status and time horizon of the word for ‘wool’. By way of introduction, it will suffice just to recapitulate a few main points.

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The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited
Integrating Archaeology, Genetics, and Linguistics
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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