Kuz’mina Elena. The origin of the Indo-Iranians

Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2007. — xviii, 762 p. — (Leiden Indo-European etymological dictionary series, v. 3). — ISBN: 9789004160545.Contents: The Andronovo cultural identity -- History of research on the Andronovo culture -- Methodological aspects of ethnocultural reconstruction -- Classification of sites and the primary features of Andronovo unity -- Settlements and domestic architecture -- Ceramics -- Mining, metallurgy, and the metal industry -- Textiles and dress -- Transport -- Economy -- The ethnogenesis of the Indo-Iranians and the ethnic attribution of the Andronovo culture -- Verification of the hypothesis -- Mortuary practice -- Indo-Iranian contacts with other linguistic groups -- The migrations of tribes and their cultures in Central Asia -- Cultures of Central Asia in the 4th-3rd millennia BC -- The Indo-Aryan migration and the first stage of the Andronovo migration to the south -- The agricultural tribes of south central Asia in the 2nd millennium BC -- The occupation of Central Asia by pastoral tribes -- The settlement of pastoral tribes in Central Asia -- Relation of the Andronovans with the population of Xinjiang and Central Asia -- Cultures of northern Bactria in the late Bronze Age -- Trans-Caspia and Turkmenia -- The genesis of the different branches of Indo-Iranians -- Modern state of the problem of Indo-Iranian origins -- The genesis of the Dards and Nuristani -- The genesis of Indo-Aryans -- The genesis of the Iranians.