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J. P. Mallory
J. P. Mallory
Born	James Patrick Mallory; October 25, 1945 (age 78); San Bernardino, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Academic background
Alma mater	Occidental College; University of California, Los Angeles;
Doctoral advisor	Marija Gimbutas
Influences	Edgar C. Polomé
Academic work
Discipline	Archaeology; Linguistics;
Sub-discipline	Indo-European studies
Institutions	Queen's University Belfast;
Main interests	Indo-European migrations
Notable works	In Search of the Indo-Europeans (1989); Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture (1997);
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]

Career[edit]

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]

Mallory, J. P. (1989). In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology and Myth. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-27616-1.
Mallory, J. P.; T. Jesus (1991). The First Testament. Jerusalem: Dufour Editions. ISBN 0-85389-353-5.
Mallory, J. P.; Victor H. Mair (2000). The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05101-1.
Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006). The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0199287910.
Mallory, J. P. (2013). The Origins of the Irish. London–New York: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0500051757.
Mallory, J.P. (2016). In search of the Irish dreamtime : archaeology & early Irish literature. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500051849.

J. P. Mallory & Brian M. Fagan, eds. The Oxford Companion to Archaeology. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (1997). Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture. London and Chicago: Fitzroy-Dearborn. ISBN 1-884964-98-2.

^ ^a ^b Prof. Mallory's Academic Homepage at QUB
^ ^a ^b ^c Royal Irish Academy Membership entry
^ Journal of Indo-European Studies
^ Gale. February 21, 2007.
^ J.P. Mallory, "The Indo-European Homeland Problem: The Logic of the Inquiry" Ph.D. dissertation - UCLA. Ann Arbor (Mass): Xerox Microfilms, 1975.
^ Pearson, Robert (2000). "In Memoriam". Journal of Indo-European Studies. 28 (1): 1–2. ProQuest 206746250. Retrieved 7 September 2020.

"James Patrick Mallory". Contemporary Authors. Gale. 21 February 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

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J. P. Mallory
Born	James Patrick Mallory (1945-10-25) October 25, 1945 (age 78) San Bernardino, California, U.S.
Nationality	American

Academic background
Alma mater	Occidental College University of California, Los Angeles
Doctoral advisor	Marija Gimbutas
Influences	Edgar C. Polomé
Academic work
Discipline	Archaeology Linguistics
Sub-discipline	Indo-European studies
Institutions	Queen's University Belfast
Main interests	Indo-European migrations
Notable works	In Search of the Indo-Europeans (1989) Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture (1997)
Notable ideas	Kurgan hypothesis