The Peopling of East Asia: Putting Together Archaeology, Linguistics and Genetics

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Roger Blench, Laurent Sagart, Alicia Sanchez-Mazas
Routledge, 20 mar 2005 - 360 pagine
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 that would have been impossible even a decade ago. This book presents an overview of the most recent findings in all these fields. It will be of great interest to scholars of all disciplines working on the reconstruction of the East Asian past.
 

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INTRODUCTION
1
Part I ARCHAEOLOGY
15
1 EXAMINING THE FARMING LANGUAGE DISPERSAL HYPOTHESIS IN THE EAST ASIAN CONTEXT
17
2 FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE VALLEYS
31
3 THE ORIGIN AND DISPERSAL OF AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN DIASPORA IN EAST ASIA
51
4 RECENT DISCOVERIES AT THE TAPENKENG CULTURE SITES IN TAIWAN
63
Part II LINGUISTICS
75
5 THE CONTRIBUTION OF LINGUISTIC PALAEONTOLOGY TO THE HOMELAND OF AUSTROASIATIC
77
10 TAIKADAI AS A SUBGROUP OF AUSTRONESIAN
177
11 PROTOEAST ASIAN AND THE ORIGIN AND DISPERSAL OF THE LANGUAGES OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
182
Part III GENETICS AND PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
199
12 THE PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE PACIFIC EAST ASIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
201
13 GENETIC DIVERSITY OF TAIWANS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
230
14 GENETIC ANALYSIS OF MINORITY POPULATIONS IN CHINA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR MULTIREGIONAL EVOLUTION
248
15 COMPARING LINGUISTIC AND GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS AMONG EAST ASIAN POPULATIONS
252
16 HLA GENETIC DIVERSITY AND LINGUISTIC VARIATION IN EAST ASIA
273

6 TIBETOBURMAN VS INDOCHINESE
81
7 KRADAI AND AUSTRONESIAN
107
8 THE CURRENT STATUS OF AUSTRIC
132
9 SINOTIBETANAUSTRONESIAN
161
17 A SYNOPSIS OF EXTANT Y CHROMOSOME DIVERSITY IN EAST ASIA AND OCEANIA
297
INDEX
315
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