premise: Nevertheless, good books on archaeology assimilable by laymen are not easy to find, and if the reader can tolerate its shortcomings and is not overly concerned about the precise birthplace of Indo-European, Archaelogy  and  Language provides an interesting march through the millennia of prehistory in seven-league boots.
hypothesis: Readers who are concerned about the precise birthplace of Indo-European are advised to read Archaelogy and Language.