Guest guest Posted May 27, 2001 Report Share Posted May 27, 2001 >subrahmanyas <subrahmanyas >> I hope that Prof Witzel would point out >> how he has been able to differentiate between IE pottery >> and non-IE pottery ? >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >Of course looking at a pot would not tell you what language its users spoke. >There is however an indirect way of getting some clues. When different >culture >groups come in succession to the same geographical area, they continue the >technology generally , but change the shapes and motifs..If we look at the >pottery >of the Harappan expanse or in Central Asia, we can detect new arrivals/ > breakthroughs by such changes.This is very clear in southern Turkmenistan, >circa 2000BC > >Rajesh Kochhar > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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