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1. Archaeology and Language I

   Theoretical and Methodological Orientations

   Edited by Roger Blench, Matthew Spriggs

   Series: One World Archaeology

   Archaeology and Language I represents groundbreaking work in synthesizing two disciplines that are now seen as interlinked: linguistics and archaeology. This volume is the first of a three-part survey of innovative results emerging from their combination. Archaeology and historical linguistics...

   Published March 5th 2013 by Routledge
2. Archaeology and Language IV

   Language Change and Cultural Transformation

   Edited by Roger Blench, Matthew Spriggs

   Series: One World Archaeology

   Archaeology and Language IV examines a variety of pressing issues regarding linguistic and cultural change. It provides a challenging variety of case-studies which demonstrate how global patterns of language distribution and change can be interwoven to produce a rich historical narrative, and fuel...

   Published July 30th 2012 by Routledge
3. Past Human Migrations in East Asia

   Matching Archaeology, Linguistics and Genetics

   Edited by Alicia Sanchez-Mazas, Roger Blench, Malcolm D. Ross, Ilia Peiros, Marie Lin

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Early History of Asia

   The study of the prehistory of East Asia is developing very rapidly. In uncovering the story of the flows of human migration that constituted the peopling of East Asia there exists widespread debate about the nature of evidence and the tools for correlating results from different disciplines....

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. Archaeology and Language III

   Artefacts, Languages and Texts

   Edited by Roger Blench, Matthew Spriggs

   Series: One World Archaeology

   Archaeology and Language III interprets results from archaeological data in terms of language distribution and change, providing the tools for a radical rewriting of the conventional discourse of prehistory. Individual chapters present case studies of artefacts and fragmentary textual materials,...

   Published March 19th 2012 by Routledge
5. Archaeology and Language II

   Archaeological Data and Linguistic Hypotheses

   Edited by Roger Blench, Matthew Spriggs

   Series: One World Archaeology

   Using language to date the origin and spread of food production, Archaeology and Language II represents groundbreaking work in synthesizing two disciplines that are now seen as interlinked: linguistics and archaeology. This volume is the second part of a three-part survey of innovative results...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
6. The Origins and Development of African Livestock

   Archaeology, Genetics, Linguistics and Ethnography

   Edited by Roger Blench, Kevin MacDonald

   This book presents an interdisciplinary overview of the origins of African livestock, placing Africa as one of the world centres for animal domestication. With sections on archaeology, genetics, linguistics and ethnography, this collection contains over twenty contributions from the field's...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
7. The Peopling of East Asia

   Putting Together Archaeology, Linguistics and Genetics

   Edited by Roger Blench, Laurent Sagart, Alicia Sanchez-Mazas

   One of the most dynamic research areas in the prehistory of East Asian regions is the synthesis of the findings of archaeology, linguistics and genetics. Several countries have only recently opened to field research and highly active local groups have made possible a raft of collaborative studies&...

   Published March 20th 2005 by Routledge