James Patrick Mallory (born October 25, 1945) is an American archaeologist andIndo-Europeanist. Mallory is an emeritus professor atQueen's University, Belfast;^[1] a member of theRoyal Irish Academy,^[2] and the former editor of theJournal of Indo-European Studies^[3] andEmania: Bulletin of the Navan Research Group (Belfast).^[1]

J. P. Mallory was born inSan Bernardino, California on October 25, 1945, the son of Clyde Francis and Rosemarie Mallory.^[4] Mallory received hisA.B. inHistory fromOccidental College in California in 1967,^[2] then served three years in theUS Army as amilitary policesergeant. He received hisPh.D. inIndo-European studies fromUCLA in 1975 under the supervision ofMarija Gimbutas.^[5][2] Together with Gimbutas,Edgar C. Polomé and other Indo-Europeanists, Mallory was involved in the founding of theJournal of Indo-European Studies.^[6]

• Mallory, J. P. (1989).In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology and Myth. London: Thames & Hudson.ISBN 0-500-27616-1.
• Mallory, J. P.; T. Jesus (1991).The First Testament. Jerusalem: Dufour Editions.ISBN 0-85389-353-5.
• Mallory, J. P.;Victor H. Mair (2000).The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West. London: Thames & Hudson.ISBN 0-500-05101-1.
• Mallory, J. P.;Adams, D. Q. (2006).The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World. Oxford: Oxford University Press.ISBN 0199287910.
• Mallory, J. P. (2013).The Origins of the Irish. London–New York: Thames & Hudson.ISBN 978-0500051757.
• Mallory, J. P. (2016).In search of the Irish dreamtime : archaeology & early Irish literature. London: Thames & Hudson.ISBN 9780500051849.
• Mallory, J. P. (2025).The Indo-Europeans Rediscovered: How a Scientific Revolution is Rewriting Their Story. Thames & Hudson.ISBN 978-0-500-02863-6.

• J. P. Mallory & Brian M. Fagan, eds.The Oxford Companion to Archaeology. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.
• Mallory, J. P.;Adams, D. Q. (1997).Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture. London and Chicago: Fitzroy-Dearborn.ISBN 1-884964-98-2.

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