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Tracing the History of Contemporary Taiwan's Aboriginal Groups - From the Periphery to the Centre (Hardcover)
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Tracing the History of Contemporary Taiwan's Aboriginal Groups - From the Periphery to the Centre (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in the Early History of Asia
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Using archaeological evidence, the author investigates the
prehistories of Austronesian migrants to Taiwan and their
connections to contemporary peoples in Taiwan. Due to its unique
geographic location, Taiwan has played a significant role in
various peoples' maritime migrations and the process of cultural
interactions for tens of thousands of years. Within the history of
humankind, Taiwan has also evidenced a high degree of cultural
continuity. Paleolithic people had already settled on the island at
least 30,000 years ago, but Taiwan only entered the historical
period as recently as the 17th century. Before this, there was a
long and continuous development over the prehistoric period. To
this day there are at least 20 different indigenous ethnic groups
on the island, totalling over half a million people, all of whom
speak Austronesian languages. Investigating the archaeology of
abandoned villages, Kuo takes the Paiwan and Sanhe cultures as key
case studies of these groups. This book provides valuable insight
for historians and archaeologists of Taiwan, and scholars of
prehistoric Austronesian migration.
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