Marcel Otte (born 5 October 1948) is a professor of Prehistory at the Université de Liège, Belgium.[1] He is a specialist in Religion, Arts, Sociobiology, and the Upper Palaeolithic times of Europe and Central Asia.[2] In the book Speaking Australopithecus (written together with the philologist Francesco Benozzo) he argues from the archaeological point of view Benozzo's hypothesis that human language appeared with Australopithecus, between 4 and 3 million years ago.[3]
Otte is one of the only advocates of the Paleolithic continuity theory, which states that Indo-European languages originated in Europe and have existed there since Paleolithic times.[4] He first advocated that theory in work published in 1995.[5]
Written works
He has published a number of works, including:
- Étude Archéologique et Historique sur le Château Médièval de Saive Centre belge d'histoire rurale Liege 1973
- Les Pointes à Retouches Plates du Paléolithique Supérieur Initial de Belgique Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches Archéologiques Liege 1974
- La préhistoire à Travers les Collections du Musée Curtius de Liège Wahle Liege 1978 ISBN 2-87011-009-X
- Le Paléolithique Supérieur Ancien en Belgique Musées Royaux d'art et d'histoire Brussels 1979
- Le Gravettien en Europe Centrale De Tempel Brugge 1981
- Sondages à Marche-les-Dames : Grotte de la Princesse, 1976 with J.M. Degbomont, University of Liege 1981
- Les Fouilles de la place Saint-Lambert à Liège Le Centre Liège 1983
- Préhistoire des Religions Masson Paris 1993 2-225-84068-7
- Le Paléolithique Inférieur et Moyen en Europe A Colin Paris 1996 ISBN 2-200-01389-2
- La Grotte du Bois Laiterie : Recolonisation Magdalénienne de la Belgique with Lawrence Straus, University of Liege 1997
- La Préhistoire with Denis Vialou and Patrick Plumet De Boeck Université, Paris 1999 ISBN 2-8041-2837-7
- Approches du Comportement au Mousterien, British Archaeological Reports Oxford 2000 ISBN 1-84171-126-8
- Les Origines de la Pensée Sprimont Mardaga 2001 ISBN 2-87009-723-9
- La Protohistoire with Mireille David-Elbiali, Christiane Eluère and Jean-Pierre Mohen De Boeck Université Brussels 2002 ISBN 2-8041-3297-8
- Recherches sur le Paléolithique Supérieur J and E Hedges Oxford 2003 ISBN 1-84171-324-4
See also
References
- ^ Liège: des fouilles archéologiques à la hussarde?
- ^ "Marcel Otte - Préhistorien, paléoanthropologue", Hominidés.com (in French)
- ^ "Marcel Otte – Speaking Australopithecus".
- ^ Alinei, Mario. "The Paleolithic Continuity Paradigm for the origins of Indo-European languages: An Introduction in progress", Paleolithic Continuity Paradigm, May 2012
- ^ Otte, Marcel (1995), "Diffusion des langues modernes en Eurasie préhistorique", C. R. Acad. Sc. Paris 321, série IIa, pp. 1219-1226.
External links
- "Marcel Otte, Préhistorien, Paléoanthropologue", personal site (in French)
- Works at ResearchGate (in English and French) (registration needed)
- Works at Paleolithic Continuity Paradigm website (in English and Spanish)
