PREMIUM FEATURE
Advanced Search Filters
Filter search results by source, date, and more with our premium search tools.
As far as I can see there is nothing in the Hymns of the Rig Veda which demonstrates that the Vedic-speaking population were intrusive to the area: t… - Colin Renfrew
" "As far as I can see there is nothing in the Hymns of the Rig Veda which demonstrates that the Vedic-speaking population were intrusive to the area: this comes rather from a historical assumption of the "coming of the Indo-Europeans." .. Nothing implies that the Aryans were strangers there.
English
Collect this quote
About Colin Renfrew
Andrew Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn (25 July 1937 – 24 November 2024) was a British archaeologist, paleolinguist and Conservative peer noted for his work on radiocarbon dating, the prehistory of languages, archaeogenetics, and the prevention of looting at archaeological sites.
Also Known As
Birth Name:
Andrew Colin Renfrew
Alternative Names:
C. Renfrew
•
A. C. Renfrew
•
Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn
•
Andrew Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn
•
Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn
Related quotes. More quotes will automatically load as you scroll down, or you can use the load more buttons.
Additional quotes by Colin Renfrew
When Wheeler speaks of “the Aryan invasion of the Land of the Seven Rivers, the Punjab,” he has no warranty at all, so far as I can see. If one checks the dozen references in the Rig Veda to the seven rivers, there is nothing in any of them that to me implies an invasion. . . . Despite Wheeler’s comments, it is difficult to see what is particularly non-Aryan about the Indus Valley.
In the Indo-European field, linguists have been willing to follow the archaeological orthodoxy of nearly a century ago, while archaeologists have taken the conclusions of the historical linguists at their face value, failing to realize that they were themselves based upon archaeological assumptions which had not been questioned, yet which were not, in some cases, justifiable.
Loading...