Dear Andrey: Have you read David w. Anthony's book? If you have, what is your opinion?

Julio:

I am glad if my comment has been of some help. We could go on exchanging our views if you choose: Indo-European studies present a whole set of first-class methodological conundrums.

Best wishes,

Andrey

Andrey Podgurenko

Dear Julio:

I have to apologize, first of all, for answering your question with considerable delay (this week has been a hard one).

And now:

If you are referring (as I suppose) to Anthony’s most famous “The Horse, the Wheel, and Language” (2007) – he has authored other important syntheses as well, including “The Lost World of Old Europe” (2009), etc., - my opinion, to put it as brief as possible, should be as follows:

1) David W. Anthony is a great scholar indeed, one of the most influential experts in the field (although this is not an “opinion”, it’s fact);

2) the book we are talking about (as well as his other researches) undoubtedly is a must-read for anyone interested in contemporary Indo-European studies;

3) I personally would not subscribe to (almost) any of his suggestions, hypotheses, etc.

If you would like to have a better idea of the third paragraph, please refer to Philip Kohl’s “Perils of Carts before Horses: Linguistic Models and the Underdetermined Archaeological Record” (a masterpiece of critical review, IMHO) – very easy to find, - where he articulated (almost) all the relevant considerations (much better, obviously, than I could ever do).

P.S. I might add, however, that my (mainly methodologically based) critique would go far beyond the confines of this particular issue – but that’s another discussion.

Best,

Andrey

Julio Amador

Andrey: thank you very much. I studied Anthony's book and I found it to be very interesting. I do not agree with Marija Gimbutas' theory, so I wanted to read authors that criticize her point of view. I have downloaded Kohl's article and will read it.

Best regards,

Julio

Andrey Podgurenko

Julio:

I am glad if my comment has been of some help. We could go on exchanging our views if you choose: Indo-European studies present a whole set of first-class methodological conundrums.

Best wishes,

Andrey

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