J. P. Mallory | |
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| Born | James Patrick Mallory October 25, 1945 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Doctoral advisor | Marija Gimbutas |
| Influences | Edgar C. Polomé |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | |
| Sub-discipline | Indo-European studies |
| Institutions | |
| Main interests | Indo-European migrations |
| Notable works |
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| Notable ideas | Kurgan hypothesis |
James Patrick Mallory (born October 25,1945) is an American archaeologist and Indo-Europeanist. Mallory is an emeritus professor at Queen's University,Belfast; [1] a member of the Royal Irish Academy, [2] and the former editor of the Journal of Indo-European Studies [3] and Emania:Bulletin of the Navan Research Group (Belfast). [1]
J. P. Mallory was born in San Bernardino,California on October 25,1945,the son of Clyde Francis and Rosemarie Mallory. [4] Mallory received his A.B. in History from Occidental College in California in 1967, [2] then served three years in the US Army as a military police sergeant. He received his Ph.D. in Indo-European studies from UCLA in 1975 under the supervision of Marija Gimbutas. [5] [2] Together with Gimbutas,Edgar C. Polomé and other Indo-Europeanists,Mallory was involved in the founding of the Journal of Indo-European Studies . [6]