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Who are the Europeans? Where did they come from? This book brings together the evidence and combines it with archaeology and linguistics to produce a new history of Europe.

Trade Review
'Draws conclusions that may change our long-held beliefs about European history' - Minerva
'Manco has provided us with a useful guide … to think about past population' - European Journal of Archaeology
'An ambitious and lucid full narrative account of the peopling of Europe … this will undoubtedly provide a base line for future debates on the origins of the Europeans' - J. P. Mallory
'A bloody good book' - Minerva Reads

Table of Contents
Preface; 1 Who are the Europeans?; 2 Migration: Principles and Problems; 3 The First Europeans; 4 Mesolithic Hunters and Fishermen; 5 The First Farmers; 6 Dairy Farming; 7 The Copper Age; 8 The Indo-European Family; 9 Indo-Europeans and Genetics; 10 Beaker Folk to Celts and Italics; 11 Minoans and Mycenaeans; 12 Iron Traders and Warriors; 13 Etruscans and Romans; 14 The Great Wandering; 15 The Slavs; 16 Bulgars and Magyars; 17 Vikings; 18 Epilogue.

Ancestral Journeys

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      Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
      Published 2 September 2015
      ISBN-13 9780500292075
      978-0500292075
      ISBN-10 0500292078
      Also in:
      History Archaeology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Who are the Europeans? Where did they come from? This book brings together the evidence and combines it with archaeology and linguistics to produce a new history of Europe.

      Trade Review
      'Draws conclusions that may change our long-held beliefs about European history' - Minerva
      'Manco has provided us with a useful guide … to think about past population' - European Journal of Archaeology
      'An ambitious and lucid full narrative account of the peopling of Europe … this will undoubtedly provide a base line for future debates on the origins of the Europeans' - J. P. Mallory
      'A bloody good book' - Minerva Reads

      Table of Contents
      Preface; 1 Who are the Europeans?; 2 Migration: Principles and Problems; 3 The First Europeans; 4 Mesolithic Hunters and Fishermen; 5 The First Farmers; 6 Dairy Farming; 7 The Copper Age; 8 The Indo-European Family; 9 Indo-Europeans and Genetics; 10 Beaker Folk to Celts and Italics; 11 Minoans and Mycenaeans; 12 Iron Traders and Warriors; 13 Etruscans and Romans; 14 The Great Wandering; 15 The Slavs; 16 Bulgars and Magyars; 17 Vikings; 18 Epilogue.

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