The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World

This book introduces Proto-Indo-European describes how it was reconstructed from its descendant languages and shows what it reveals about the people who spoke it between 5500 and 8000 years ago. Using related evidence from archaeology and natural history the authors explore the lives thoughts passions culture society economy history and environment of the Proto-Indo-Europeans. They include chapters on fauna flora family and kinship clothing and textiles food and drink space and time emotions mythology and religion and describe the quest to discover the Proto-Indo-European homeland.