| spelling |
oapen-20.500.12657-314192021-11-12T16:23:20Z New Perspectives in Southeast Asian and Pacific Prehistory: Terra Australis 45 J. Piper, Philip Matsumura, Hirofumi Bulbeck, David archaeology human biology prehistory southeast asia linguistics Before Present Neolithic Pottery Terra Australis bic Book Industry Communication::1 Geographical Qualifiers::1F Asia::1FM South East Asia bic Book Industry Communication::3 Time periods qualifiers::3B Prehistory bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HD Archaeology bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSX Human biology::PSXE Early man ‘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 2017-05-03 00:00:00 2020-04-01T13:34:38Z 2020-04-01T13:34:38Z 2017 book 628311 OCN: 1030820029 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31419 eng application/pdf n/a 628311.pdf http://press.anu.edu.au/publications/series/terra-australis/new-perspectives-southeast-asian-and-pacific-prehistory-terra ANU Press 10.22459/TA45.03.2017 10.22459/TA45.03.2017 ddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71 open access
|
| description |
‘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
|
