Talk:The Horse, the Wheel, and Language

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Anthony has done real research on horse domestication (the domestication of the horse article cites Anthony, David W.; Brown, Dorcas (2000). "Eneolithic horse exploitation in the Eurasian steppes: diet, ritual and riding". Antiquity 74: 75-86 and Brown, Dorcas; Anthony, David W. (1998). "Bit Wear, Horseback Riding and the Botai site in Kazakstan". Journal of Archaeological Science 25 (4): 331-347 etc.), and he disputes the counterclaims of others, etc., so he's not merely regurgitating a longstanding consensus... AnonMoos (talk) 15:11, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

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You've probably divided the article into too many subsections for its length. Also, you've kind of obscured the distinction between innovations which occurred close in time and space to the early Indo-Europeans (if not actually made by the Indo-Europeans themselves), such as horse domestication, versus those which occurred rather remotely in time and space from the early Indo-Europeans (such as animal herding). If animal herding contributed to any Indo-European advantage, it might possibly have been because they were enthusiastic early adopters of the Secondary products revolution... AnonMoos (talk) 01:07, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

@AnonMoos: I'm working on it. I've followed the guidelines at the Book project page, and intend to add more. Regarding herding, Anthony starts his historicaloverview with the introduction of cattle (ch.8). But you're right that the wheel and horses are more important. Ah well, as I said, I'm working on it, so it will improve. Thanks for the feedback. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 05:54, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

Basic old-style animal herding was part of the cultural repertoire of the early Indo-Europeans, but it wasn't something which they had which neighboring peoples didn't, and so almost certainly was not a significant factor in why Indo-European languages started spreading in a major way (though intensification of animal herding made possible by horse domestication could have been a factor)... AnonMoos (talk) 08:29, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

Reviews

• new York Times
• Suneeti Chhettri Lock , Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
• Don Ostrowski, Middle Ground Journal
• Peter Gordon, Asian review of Books
• taklama.com (non-scholarly)
• Tomothy May, Itinerario
• Razib Khan, Unz Review

Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 06:02, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

Chapter-by-chapter

Summarizing the book chapter-by-chapter seems excessive. An article about a book should of course summarize its content, but this is too detailed. The substantive content should be used to improve (with citations of course) the relevant articles on those topics. --Macrakis (talk) 12:06, 10 June 2017 (UTC)+

The book is an essential source in several Wiki-articles; this articles provides the opportunity to give a more extensive summary of it. The book itself is already highly condensed. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 18:12, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

Aryan theorists evidently are jerking off to this book day and night and reading it like some holy gospel.Rameezraja001 (talk) 14:42, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

"Aryan theorists"? What are those?·maunus · snunɐɯ· 15:24, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

Adolf Hitler and the Nazis also believed in this Aryan theory and they gassed the 6 million. Perhaps you think gassing the 6 million is ok? This article needs to be deleted. Reasonable Actor (talk) 19:33, 5 October 2018 (UTC) (striking out sock, Bishonen | talk 05:25, 6 October 2018 (UTC).)

Haha. Lets delete the article about hindu topics also then since hindusm like Nazis use swastika symbols, and the vedas say the earliest hindus called themselves Aryas. Don't be daft.·maunus · snunɐɯ· 19:53, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

See Aryanist (Merriam-Webster) Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 03:12, 6 October 2018 (UTC)