فهرست مطالب
The promise and politics of the mother tongue --
How to reconstruct a dead language --
Language and time 1: the last speakers of Proto-Indo-European --
Language and time 2 : wool, wheels, and Proto-Indo-European --
Language and place : the location of the Proto-Indo-European homeland --
The archaeology of language --
pt. 2. The opening of the Eurasian steppes. --
How to reconstruct a dead culture --
First farmers and herders : the Pontic-Caspian Neolithic --
Cows, copper, and chiefs --
The domestication of the horse and the origins of riding : the tale of the teeth --
The end of Old Europe and the rise of the steppe --
Seeds of change on the steppe borders : Maikop chiefs and Tripolye towns --
Wagon dwellers of the steppe : the speakers of Proto-Indo-European --
The western Indo-European languages --
Chariot warriors of the northern steppes --
The opening of the Eurasian steppes --
Words and deeds.