1st Edition

Archaeology and Language IV Language Change and Cultural Transformation

Edited By Roger Blench, Matthew Spriggs Copyright 1999
    by Routledge

    280 Pages
    by Routledge

    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 a radical rethinking of the conventional discourse of linguistics within archaeology.

    Biography

    Roger Blench is a Research Fellow of the Overseas Development Institute, London. Matthew Spriggs is Professor of Archaeology at the Australian National University, Canberra.