David W. Anthony is an American anthropologist who is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Hartwick College. He specializes in Indo-European migrations, and is a proponent of the Kurgan hypothesis. Anthony is well known for his award-winning book The Horse, the Wheel, and Language (2007).
David W. Anthony | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | |
| Sub-discipline | Indo-European studies |
| Institutions | |
| Main interests | Indo-European migrations |
| Notable works | |
| Notable ideas | Kurgan hypothesis |
Career
editAnthony received a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania.[1]
Anthony has been a Professor of Anthropology at Hartwick College since 1987.[1][2] While at Hartwick, he was also the curator of Anthropology for the Yager Museum of Art & Culture on the campus of Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York. According to Princeton University Press, "he has conducted extensive archaeological fieldwork in Ukraine, Russia, and Kazakhstan."[3] Anthony has been Archaeology Editor of the Journal of Indo-European Studies.[4]
One of his areas of research has been the domestication of the horse.[5] In 2019, his work was featured in an episode of Nova that discussed the theories of how this process occurred.[6]
Mediated works
editAccording to the uncurated ResearchGate website, Anthony has published at least 54 research articles.[2]
Bibliography
editThe books of Anthony include:
- The Horse, the Wheel and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World (2007)
- The Lost World Of Old Europe: The Danube Valley, 5000 - 3500 BC (2009)
- A Bronze Age Landscape in the Russian Steppes: The Samara Valley Project (2016, co-editor)
Filmography
editAnthony has appeared as a relator of history in works such as:
- How the Silk Road Made the World (2019, NHNZ)
- First Horse Warriors (2019, NOVA)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "David Anthony, Professor of Anthropology", www.hartwick.edu, retrieved 26 Aug 2017
- ^ a b ResearchGate: "David Anthony"
- ^ https://press.princeton.edu/titles/8488.html (retrieved 2 Feb 2019)
- ^ "Journal of Indo-European Studies". Archived from the original on January 1, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ^ Dance, Amber (4 May 2022). "The tale of the domesticated horse". Knowable Magazine. doi:10.1146/knowable-050422-1. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ "NOVA: First Horse Warriors". www.pbs.org. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
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