{"id":1891,"date":"2025-06-16T10:08:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T08:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centerforthehumanpast.se\/?p=1891"},"modified":"2025-06-16T10:14:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T08:14:25","slug":"scas-podcast65-with-axel-palmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centerforthehumanpast.se\/index.php\/2025\/06\/16\/scas-podcast65-with-axel-palmer\/","title":{"rendered":"A new SCAS podcast with Axel Palm\u00e9r. Historical Linguistics: A Window into the Human Past"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In the new SCAS podcast episode (episode 65), Axel Palm\u00e9r, a historical linguist specialising in Indo-European languages, discusses his research on agricultural vocabulary in the Rigveda.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Axel examines whether the people who composed the Rigveda were pastoralists or agriculturalists by analysing the text’s descriptions of agriculture and comparing them to those found in other Indo-European languages. He explains how tracing the history of words like “phala” (plowshare) can reveal insights into cultural and technological exchange in prehistoric language communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Palm\u00e9r also touches on his future research plans, focusing on the relationship between Indo-Iranian and Balto-Slavic languages, and how his frequent interactions with other SCAS fellows have broadened his interdisciplinary perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axel Palm\u00e9r is a Human Past Junior Fellow in residence at SCAS in the academic year 2024-25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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