Indo-European Origins

by Jean Haudry

Jean Haudry explains what we know about the Indo-Europeans through reconstructed words, transmitted formulas, conceptual schemas, and physical types, providing insights into their ideals, values, and origins.

What do we know about the Indo-Europeans, and how do we know it?

We have two sources of information: an indirect source, which is linguistic palaeontology, and a direct source, which is the ‘Indo-European tradition’.