The Indo-Europeans Rediscovered

‘Mallory presents the search for the Indo-European homeland in a compelling narrative which combines his deep knowledge of linguistics, archaeology and genetics with a rare ability to make it enjoyable for the reader. A brilliant book in every respect’ - Barry Cunliffe, Emeritus Professor of Archaeology, University of Oxford‘J. P. Mallory leads his readers expertly and with wry humour through the long quest for an Indo-European homeland from A to Z, including the game-changing new ancient DNA discoveries. This is an all-inclusive history of Indo-European homeland hunters that amuses, informs and fascinates while presenting a solution to one of the most stubborn and momentous puzzles in Western intellectual history’ - David W. Anthony Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Hartwick College and author of The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World‘An instant classic. Mallory provides an in-depth history of the research methods and interpretations, which puts into perspective the new genetic results’ - Kristian Kristiansen, Professor of Archaeology, University of Copenhagen

J. P. Mallory is a world expert on the interconnection of archaeology and linguistics and is the author of In Search of the Indo-Europeans and The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European. He has published numerous other works, including the acclaimed The Origins of the Irish. He is Emeritus Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology at Queen’s University Belfast and a member of the Royal Irish Academy.