TY - BOOK AU - Childe,V.Gordon TI - The Aryans : : a study of Indo-European origins / T2 - (History of civilization series) SN - 9780880291392 AV - GN539. C455 1987 PY - 1987/// CY - New York : PB - Dorset Press, KW - Indo-Europeans KW - Indo-European antiquities N1 - Abstract: "A fascinating account of the linguistic and racial history of Europe and Asia. The Aryans explores the origins and diffusion of the language to which English, together with Classical Greek, Latin and Sanskrit, is heir"--Book jacket.; Contents: Language and prehistory -- The first appearance of the Aryans on the stage of history -- The Aryanization of the Mediterranean -- Primitive Aryan culture reconstructed by linguistic paleontology -- The case for an Asiatic cradle of the Aryans -- Did the Aryans originate in Central Europe? -- The theory of a North European cradle -- The Aryans in South Russia -- The role of the Aryans in history ER -