Linguistic is a mature science and we should not expect any groundbreaking findings from a new paper. What can do a modern linguist is to have a new interpretation of already known facts, or at best he can find a few new lexical parallels. Nielsen's paper is important because it shows that the linguistic data do not contradict to the available genetic data about the origins of Armenians. And more important it can reinforce it, giving new details.
Arame's anthro blog
Monday, March 25, 2024
Linguistic is a mature science and we should not expect any groundbreaking findings from a new paper.
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
The origins of Grey ware culture in Iran
The origins of Grey ware culture in Iran
Friday, January 12, 2024
Koban culture 1200-400BC
Koban culture 1200-400BC
Saturday, January 6, 2024
Chalcolithic period cultures.
Chalcolithic period cultures.
Saturday, December 30, 2023
Unexpected ancient DNA results from pre-Islamic Bahrain.
Unexpected ancient DNA results from pre-Islamic Bahrain. They are different from modern day Arabs living there and plot close to ancient Mesopotamian samples from Iraq. On the PCA they plot just in the vicinity of ancient samples from South Caucasus, North-West Iran and North Iraq LBA. In this group we use the term "Central farmers" for this type of ancestry.
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Origins of Dolmen culture
Origins of Dolmen culture
Sunday, December 24, 2023
The historic event
The historic event that could cause the apparition of someone (labeled as Sarmatian in Silva 2023 ) from northern regions of Armenia and Caucasus in Britain in the first half of second century AD is probably the campaign against Armenia by the Britanicum legion lead by a certain Lucius Artorius Castus.