Review Article
The Indo-European Homeland from Linguistic and Archaeological Perspectives
- David W. Anthony1 andDon Ringe2
- View AffiliationsHide Affiliations1Anthropology Department, Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York 13820; email:[email protected]2Department of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104; email:[email protected]
- Vol. 1:199-219(Volume publication date January 2015)
- © Annual Reviews
Abstract
Archaeological evidence and linguistic evidence converge in support of an origin of Indo-European languages on the Pontic-Caspian steppes around 4,000 years BCE. The evidence is so strong that arguments in support of other hypotheses should be reexamined.
