印欧语系诸族的起源问题,本是一个古老的问题。但是,由于现代语言学的发展,有人提出新的观点,重新引起学术界的广泛关注。为了使不同学科的研究者能够就这一问题交换意见,苏联科学院考古学研究所于1986年12月召开了有语言学家和考古学家参加的学术讨论会。 从会上所作的报告看,语言学家主要运用语言学材料,力图确定印欧语言诸族最早的栖息地和这个共同体形成的时间。考古学家最感兴趣的则是形成这个共同体的文化和种族环境。后者不 Indo-European ethnic origin of the problem, this is an ancient issue. However, due to the development of modern linguistics, some people have come up with new ideas and aroused widespread concern in academia. In order to allow researchers of different disciplines to exchange opinions on this issue, the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Academy held a symposium attended by linguists and archaeologists in December 1986. According to the reports made at the meeting, linguists mainly use linguistic materials in an attempt to determine the earliest habitats of the Indo-European languages ​​and the formation of this community. What is of most interest to archaeologists is the cultural and ethnic environment that forms the community. The latter does not