JP Mallory is the nom-de-plume of Irish-American archaeologist and Indo-Europeanist Prof. James Mallory, a professor at the Queen's University of Belfast. The initials are printed without periods in all his publications.

Mallory received his B.A. in History from Occidental College, then served three years in the US Army as an military police sergeant. He received his Ph.D. in Archaeology from UCLA in 1975. He has held several posts at Queen's beginning in 1978, becoming Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology in 1998.

Major Works

• Books
  • Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture (with D. Q. Adams). Fitzroy-Dearborn, London and Chicago. 1997.
  • In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology and Myth. London: Thames & Hudson, 1989.
  • The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West (w. V. H. Mair). London: Thames and Hudson. 2000.

• Articles
  • "The Homelands of the Indo-Europeans." Archaeology and Language. eds. R. Blench and M. Spriggs. Vol I. London and New York, Routledge, 93-121. 1997.
  • "The Indo-European homeland problem: A matter of time," part of "The Indo-Europeanization of Northern Europe". eds. K. Jones-Bley and M. E. Huld. Journal of Indo-European Studies Monography No. 17, Washington, D.C., 1-22. 1993.
  • "The Old Irish Chariot: and "Mír Curad". Studies in Honor of Calvert Watkins, eds. J. Jasasnoff, H. Melchert, L. Oliver, Innsbruck. Innsbrucker Beitrage zur Sprachwissenschaft. 451-464. 1998.

External Links

Mallory's Academic Homepage at U. Belfast