Palaeo-European studies: languages, writings, epigraphic cultures

Abstract

The objective of Palaeo-European studies is to undertake interdisciplinary, comparative and comprehensive research into the sets of local languages, writing systems and epigraphic practices that form the furthermost stratum of written European culture.These are understood as organic systems of knowledge and communicative practice that combine language, script, and support in order to record or transmit messages in well-defined social and ideological contexts.This is not, then, a strictly new field of investigation.The oldest languages, scripts, and inscriptions of Europe, such as the Etruscan or Iberian for example, have been the object of academic scrutiny for centuries.They have traditionally been addressed separately, however, so that their study has never been structured around a single scientific discipline, nor have scientific journals or conferences focussing on their joint study been created.On the contrary, approaches have predominantly been partial and biased more towards linguistics or history; or they have been regional studies, generally centred sectorally on Hispania, Italy, or Gaul; or they have had specialised foci according to language families (Indo-European, Celtic, Italian) or historical periods (Orientalizing, Romanization…).

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