The Kurgan hypothesis, or the Proto-Indo-Europeans — R1b
In the publication "Two IE phylogenies, three PIE migrations, and four kinds of steppe pastoralism" is an American archaeologist David Anthony, a supporter of the Kurgan hypothesis says that the collapse of Proto-Indo-European language occurred 6500-4500 years ago in the Pontic-Caspian steppe.
Taking into account the archaeological evidence that the population of Pontic-Caspian steppe migrated from the east of the Southern Urals to the west in the Lower Volga and the North-West Caspian Sea in the period 8000-6500 years ago, and linguistic evidence that the ancestral homeland of the Indo-Europeans is typical mountainous landscape and coniferous forests, climate with four seasons and cold snowy winter, as well as that for the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European language notation for horses, bees and honey (and as you know, one of the versions of the horse was first domesticated in the southern Urals, in the same place to have survived wild population Burzyan bees who populated the current territory in the post-glacial period) it can be assumed that the Proto-Indo-European language carriers 8,000 years ago (before the separation of the branches) lived in the southern Urals.
When and where did the alleged ancestors of the Proto-Indo-Europeans in the Southern Urals can be said to explain the origin of the Neolithic and Mesolithic (primarily Romanovsko-ilmurzino) cultures of Southern Urals. There are two versions: 1) Mesolithic culture of the Southern Urals come from Upper Paleolitic of this regions, 2) Mesolithic culture of the Southern Urals emerged as a result of migration from Central Asia 14000-11000 years ago.
D. Anthony, based on linguistic data of Ringe leads the date of allocation of three branches: the Anatolian - 6400-6200 years ago, Tocharian - 5300-4800 years ago and complex - Italic, Celtic, Germanic - 5000-4800 years ago.
1. Thinking about the origin of the Anatolian branch, Anthony writes that the migration of Pontic-Caspian steppe in Anatolia could go through the south-eastern Europe (Transcarpathia), or through the Caucasus. But still leaning towards the route through Transcarpathia, Danube, as there are archaeological cultures found suitable time (6200-6000 years ago) - Cernavoda, Vinca and others.
At the same time, another American archaeologist James Patrick Mallory back in 1997 in the article "The Homelands of the Indo-Europeans" indicates that these archaeological cultures most likely belonged to a pre-Indo-population, the eastern boundary of the settlement which lies on the Dnieper River and the western boundary of the Indo-European reaches only up to the Tisza. Therefore it is doubtful the possibility of overcoming the barrier of the Dnieper Dniester by the Indo-Europeans so early a period. Therefore, a more likely route of Indo-Europeans (R1b-M269, R1b-L23, R1b-Z2103) of the Pontic-Caspian steppe in Anatolia via the Caucasus.
2. Anthony writes that carriers of proto-tocharian language migrated from the Pontic-Caspian steppe region in the Western Altai (Afanasievo culture) 5300-4800 years ago.
Given the preliminary data on afanasievo mans that "two of three afanasievo man and one okunevo man were R1b1 (M269), and one afanasyievo man - R1b, and the date on many afanasievo: calibers. 3000-2600 BC," does not remain doubts, that carriers of proto-tocharian were R1b-M269 (probably R1b-L23).
That "Tocharian problem" is a weak point of the hypothesis that proto-indo-europeans were R1a. Put forward different versions, for example, about the early (pre-Aryan) migration of carriers subclades R1a-Z93 to the Altai. However, they have not been confirmed.
3. The third migration, "breed" proto-germanic, -italic, -celtic (centum) languages, writes Anthony occurred 5000-4800 years ago.
Indo-europeans from pit-grave culture passed from the Northern Black Sea to the west and south-west, along the path of assimilating local non-indo-europeans cultures ("Old Europe"). Moreover, migration proto-celtics west was the southern route through the Danube, while proto-germanic went north through the Dniester.
Protoceltics, -italics, -germanics initially are likely to be carriers of subclades R1b-L51 (subclades age is estimated to be 4800-5000 years), which is chronologically consistent with the hypothesis Anthony almost one to one.
Isolation of the Greek-Armenian branch D. Anthony in a book published in 2007, "The Horse, The Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders From the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World" refers to the period between the release of the Italo-Celtic languages (about 5,000 years ago) and before the collapse of Balto-Slavic and Indo-Iranian dialect continuum (about 4,500 years ago). Carriers Greek-Armenian languages it relates to Abashevo the culture of the Southern Urals, which is in contact with the east Sintashta culture - Indo-Iranians. We can conclude that in the Southern Urals there "Greco-Aryan" community due primarily areal proximity rather than genetic.
In general, the history and direction of migration of carriers proto-Greek-Armenian language can be traced archaeologically something like this:
5000 years ago - the pit-grave cultural-historical community (Pontic-Caspian steppe)>
4700 years ago - Poltavka culture (North Caspian Sea)>
4500 years ago - Abashevo culture (Southern Urals, Middle Volga Region)>
3700 years ago - Sabatinovo Culture (Northern Black Sea Coast).
Probably they were presented in the main subclades R1b-CTS7822, R1b-L584.
Carriers Proto-Greek language (R1b-L584, R1b-CTS7822) withdrew from the Northern Black Sea to the Balkans about 3,600 years ago, bringing the chariot and founded the Mycenaean civilization.
Carriers Proto-Armenian language - Mušker - 3300-2900 years ago migrated from the Balkans to the Armenian Highland.
Armenians R1b-L584 form a distinctive cluster age 3.3 thousand. Years, which appears to date comes from the flies. "Fraternal" the Armenian cluster subclade age 3600 years found among the Greeks. Armenians have even more ancient "Near Eastern" branch R1b-L584 age over 4,500 years, which probably was the result of migration of proto-Indo-Iranians to the Caucasus from the Black Sea steppes.
It can be assumed that part of the media subclades R1b-L584 (probably left after the departure of the other part of R1b-L584 in Anatolia 6000 years ago), located in the northern or eastern Black Sea coast. Then the 4700-4500 years ago, they were divided: one part with proto-indo-iranians (R1a-Z93 and others.) Went to the southeast across the Caucasus to Anatolia, and the other - went east to the Urals (Poltavka culture, Abashevo culture), later (3600 years ago), returned to the northern Black Sea region as Abashevo culture (R1b), has entered into collaboration with the Multi-cordoned ware culture (R1a, I2a) (which is separated from the Catacomb culture), and two stages left in the south-west, The Balkans: 3600 years ago (proto-greeks, Achaeans, Mycenaeans), and 3200 years ago (Mušker, proto-thrasians, Proto-Armenians) from the territory of Sabatinovo culture. Mušker further from the Balkans have gone to Anatolia on the Armenian Highland.
Two branches of R1b-L584 "reunited" in the Armenian highlands after about one and a half thousand years. Being probably originally centum, Armenian language was satemizied on Danube (in the period 3600-3300 years ago), or already in the Armenian highlands.
The collapse of the Balto-Slavic and Indo-Iranian dialect continiuums David W. Anthony refers to the late stage of Cucuteni-Trypillian culture from Dnieper-Danube interfluve - 4700-4500 years ago.
By this time the Indo-europeans from pit grave culture R1b-L51 (also R1b-L277) assimilate non-indo-europeans of Cucuteni-Trypillian culture (R1a, I2a, G2a, etc.) - So there formed satem proto-balto-slavic and proto-indo-iranian languages. Proto-indo-iranians belonging mainly to Subclades R1a-Z93 (as well as partially: R1a-Z283, R1b-L277, R1b-L584, R1b-CTS7763 / CTS8966), migrate to the east and south-east through the Caucasus to Asia. Proto-balto-slavic (R1a-Z280, I2a, R1b) are settled in Eastern Europe.
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