Human Past Junior Fellow, SCAS.
Guest Researcher, Leiden University

Hybrid event.
Zoom Webinar: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/65802739142 External link, opens in new window.

ABSTRACT:
In my research, I try to find points of intersection between linguistics and archaeology, by comparing linguistic reconstructions of prehistoric cultures with the archaeological record. In this talk, I will focus on how this type of research is conducted, giving you an extended introduction into historical linguistic methodology before going into the specific topic described in my title. In the latter, we will look at how agricultural practices are described in the Rigveda, the oldest religious poetry of India, and how we can use this text to go back even further into the prehistory of speakers of Indo-Iranian languages and the wider Indo-European language family.