Prehistoric Mongoloid Dispersals
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Prehistoric Mongoloid Dispersals
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Author : Takeru Akazawa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Prehistoric Mongoloid Dispersals written by Takeru Akazawa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Science categories.
Of all human migrations, the most significant was that of the Mongoloid during the last Glacial period. Unrelated groups spread from their homeland in Asia through Siberia to the Americas, or across the Pacific, ultimately covering two-thirds of the earth's surface. This book takes a unique multi-disciplinary and international approach to the study of these migrations. By bringing to this model as many disciplines as possible--from molecular genetics and linguistics to archaeology and paleontology--a comprehensive picture is drawn which will not only shed light on this specific period of migration, but also help answer one of the greatest puzzles of evolutionary anthropology--the origin of Homo sapiens and the subsequent formation of different races and ethnic groups.
The Archaeology Of Lapita Dispersal In Oceania
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Author : Geoffrey Richard Clark
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
The Archaeology Of Lapita Dispersal In Oceania written by Geoffrey Richard Clark and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Social Science categories.
Papers from the Fourth Lapita Conference held in Canberra. Lapita archaeology is of fundamental importance to understanding the Pacific since it unearths information about the first people to establish themselves beyond the Solomon Islands to as far east as Samoa around 3000 years ago.
Origins And Past Of Modern Humans The Towards Reconciliation
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Author : Keiichi Omoto
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 1998-03-26
Origins And Past Of Modern Humans The Towards Reconciliation written by Keiichi Omoto and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-03-26 with Social Science categories.
In this volume, because the differences in methodological approaches are so great, the focus is switched to the major issues in the hope of achieving a 'reconciliation', if not a perfect agreement, among the scholars of different disciplines. The keyword for the meeting was 'balance' — a balanced view over the results from different disciplines.
New Perspectives In Southeast Asian And Pacific Prehistory
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Author : Philip J. Piper
language : en
Publisher: ANU Press
Release Date : 2017-03-24
New Perspectives In Southeast Asian And Pacific Prehistory written by Philip J. Piper and has been published by ANU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-24 with Social Science categories.
‘This volume brings together a diversity of international scholars, unified in the theme of expanding scientific knowledge about humanity’s past in the Asia-Pacific region. The contents in total encompass a deep time range, concerning the origins and dispersals of anatomically modern humans, the lifestyles of Pleistocene and early Holocene Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers, the emergence of Neolithic farming communities, and the development of Iron Age societies. These core enduring issues continue to be explored throughout the vast region covered here, accordingly with a richness of results as shown by the authors. Befitting of the grand scope of this volume, the individual contributions articulate perspectives from multiple study areas and lines of evidence. Many of the chapters showcase new primary field data from archaeological sites in Southeast Asia. Equally important, other chapters provide updated regional summaries of research in archaeology, linguistics, and human biology from East Asia through to the Western Pacific.’ Mike T. Carson Associate Professor of Archaeology Micronesian Area Research Center University of Guam
Prehistory Of The Indo Malaysian Archipelago
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Author : Peter Bellwood
language : en
Publisher: ANU E Press
Release Date : 2007-03-01
Prehistory Of The Indo Malaysian Archipelago written by Peter Bellwood and has been published by ANU E Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-01 with Social Science categories.
Since its publication in 1985, Peter Bellwood's Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago has been hailed as the sole authoritative work on the subject by the leading expert in the field. Now that work has been fully revised and includes a complete up-to-date summary of the archaeology of the region (and relevant neighboring areas of China and Oceania), as well as a comprehensive discussion of new and important issues (such as the "Eve-Garden of Eden" hypothesis and its relevance to the Indo-Malaysian region) and recent advances in macrofamily linguistic classification. Moving north to south from northern Peninsular Malaysia to Timor and west to east from Sumatra to the Moluccas, Bellwood describes human prehistory from initial hominid settlement more than one million years ago to the eve of historical Hindu-Buddhist and Islamic cultures of the region. The archaeological record provides the central focus, but chapters also incorporate essential information from the paleoenvironmental sciences, biological anthropology, linguistics, and social anthropology. Bellwood approaches questions about past cultural and biological developments in the region from a multidisciplinary perspective. Historical issues given extended treatment include the significance of the Homo erectus populations of Java, the dispersal of the present Austronesian-speaking peoples of the region within the past 4,000 years, and the spread of metallurgy since 500 B.C. Bellwood also discusses relationships between the prehistoric populations of the archipelago and those of neighboring regions such as Australia, New Guinea, and mainland Asia.
Bioarchaeology Of East Asia
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Author : Kate Pechenkina
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Release Date : 2013-07-09
Bioarchaeology Of East Asia written by Kate Pechenkina and has been published by University Press of Florida this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-09 with Social Science categories.
Interprets human skeletal collections from a region where millets, rice, and several other important cereals were cultivated, leading to attendant forms of agricultural development that were accompanied by significant technological innovations. The contributors follow the diffusion of these advanced ideas to other parts of Asia, and unravel a maze of population movements. In addition, they explore the biological implications of relatively rare subsistence strategies more or less unique to East Asia: millet agriculture, mobile pastoralism with limited cereal farming, and rice farming combined with reliance on marine resources.
The Oxford Handbook Of Prehistoric Oceania
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Author : Ethan E. Cochrane
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018
The Oxford Handbook Of Prehistoric Oceania written by Ethan E. Cochrane and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with History categories.
"The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Oceania presents the archaeology, linguistics, environment and human biology of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. First colonized 50,000 years ago, Oceania witnessed the independent invention of agriculture, the construction of Easter Island's statues, and the development of the word's last archaic states."--Provided by publisher.
The Early Prehistory Of Fiji
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Author : Geoffrey Richard Clark
language : en
Publisher: ANU E Press
Release Date : 2009-12-01
The Early Prehistory Of Fiji written by Geoffrey Richard Clark and has been published by ANU E Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-01 with History categories.
I enjoyed reading this volume. It is rare to see such a comprehensive report on hard data published these days, especially one so insightfully contextualised by the editors' introductory and concluding chapters. These scholars and the others involved in the work really know their stuff, and it shows. The editors connect the preoccupations of Pacific archaeologists with those of their colleagues working in other island regions and on "big questions" of colonisation, migration, interaction and patterns and processes of cultural change in hitherto-uninhabited environments. These sorts of outward-looking, big-picture contextual studies are invaluable, but all too often are missing from locally- and regionally-oriented writing, very much to its detriment. In sum, the work strongly advances our understanding of the early prehistory of Fiji through its well-integrated combination of original research and the reinterpretation of existing knowledge in the context of wider theoretical and historical concerns. In doing so The Early Prehistory of Fiji makes a truly substantial contribution to Pacific and archaeological scholarship. Professor Ian Lilley, The University of Queensland
First Farmers
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Author : Peter Bellwood
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2004-11-30
First Farmers written by Peter Bellwood and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-30 with Social Science categories.
First Farmers: the Origins of Agricultural Societies offers readers an understanding of the origins and histories of early agricultural populations in all parts of the world. Uses data from archaeology, comparative linguistics, and biological anthropology to cover developments over the past 12,000 years Examines the reasons for the multiple primary origins of agriculture Focuses on agricultural origins in and dispersals out of the Middle East, central Africa, China, New Guinea, Mesoamerica and the northern Andes Covers the origins and dispersals of major language families such as Indo-European, Austronesian, Sino-Tibetan, Niger-Congo and Uto-Aztecan
Areal Diffusion And Genetic Inheritance
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Author : Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2006-03-02
Areal Diffusion And Genetic Inheritance written by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-02 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Two languages can resemble each other in the categories, constructions, and types of meaning they use; and in the forms they employ to express these. Such resemblances may be the consequence of universal characteristics of language, of chance or coincidence, of the borrowing by one language of another's words, or of the diffusion of grammatical, phonetic, and phonological characteristics that takes place when languages come into contact. Languages sometimes show likeness because they have borrowed not from each other but from a third language. Languages that come from the same ancestor may have similar grammatical categories and meanings expressed by similar forms: such languages are said to be genetically affiliated. This book considers how and why forms and meanings of different languages at different times may resemble one another. Its editors and authors aim (a) to explain and identify the relationship between areal diffusion and the genetic development of languages, and (b) to discover the means of distinguishing what may cause one language to share the characteristics of another. The introduction outlines the issues that underlie these aims, introduces the chapters which follow, and comments on recurrent conclusions by the contributors. The problems are formidable and the pitfalls numerous: for example, several of the authors draw attention to the inadequacy of the family tree diagram as the main metaphor for language relationship. The authors range over Ancient Anatolia, Modern Anatolia, Australia, Amazonia, Oceania, Southeast and East Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The book includes an archaeologist's view on what material evidence offers to explain cultural and linguistic change, and a general discussion of which kinds of linguistic feature can and cannot be borrowed. The chapters are accessibly-written and illustrated by twenty maps. The book will interest all students of the causes and consequences of language change and evolution.