The origin and evolution of the Indo-European community: current state and suggestions for solving the problem
Keywords:
Indo-European studies; historiography; linguistics; archeology; ethnogeneticsAbstract
In the course of the work, the main hypotheses of the origin of the Indo-European community, the ethnic and linguistic components that participated in the formation of Indo-European languages, their characteristics, the nature of the organization and evolution, the basic sacred cults, the nature of interaction and its results, and suggestions for solving the problem of the origin of the Indo-European community were considered. The research is based on the principles of systematicity, historicism, scientific objectivity, the chronological-problematic method is applied, system methods and cross-sectional analysis using special disciplines. Special attention is paid to works related to special disciplines (ethnogenetics, linguistics, archeology, palegeology), as well as works related to the sacred heritage of the peoples of the IndoEuropean community, the epic.