The Peopling of East Asia - Putting Together Archaeology, Linguistics and Genetics (Hardcover)

One of the most dynamic research areas in the prehistory of East Asian regions is the synthesis of the findings of archaeology, linguistics and genetics. Several countries have only recently opened to field research and highly active local groups have made possible a raft of collaborative studies which would have been impossible even a decade ago. This book presents an overview of the most recent findings in all these fields. New proposals on the relationships of the language phyla of East Asia can now be tested against the findings of geneticists and archaeologists. Recent results on the domestication and spread of rice and millet in particular are taken up both in the archaeological and linguistic papers. Particular hypotheses discussed in the linguistic section include the validity of the Austric hypothesis, the relationship between the Daic languages and Austronesian and the overall links between East Asian language phyla.
The chapters on genetics focus particularly on the genetic structure of East Asian populations and the origins of the Austronesian peoples of Taiwan and the minorities of China. Physical anthropology is also considered with a multivariate analysis of East Asian and Pacific populations. The archaeological chapters take a broad view of East Asia and the potential of the "farming dispersals" hypothesis, as well as the more specific archaeology of Taiwan. The book should be of great interest to scholars of all disciplines working on the reconstruction of the East Asian past.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2005
First published:	2005
Editors:	Roger Blench • Laurent Sagart • Alicia Sanchez-Mazas
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	356
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-32242-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-32242-1
Barcode:	9780415322423

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