David W. Anthony

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
Nationality	American
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania
Academic work
Discipline	Anthropology
Sub-discipline	Indo-European studies
Institutions	Hartwick College
Main interests	Indo-European migrations
Notable works	The Horse, the Wheel, and Language (2007)
Notable ideas	Kurgan hypothesis

Career

Anthony 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

According to the uncurated ResearchGate website, Anthony has published at least 54 research articles.^[2]

Bibliography

The 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

Anthony 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

• Edgar C. Polomé
• J. P. Mallory