The Austronesians : historical and comparative perspectives /

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The Austronesian-speaking population of the world are estimated to number more than 270 million people, living in a broad swathe around half the globe, from Madagascar to Easter Island and from Taiwan to New Zealand. The seventeen papers in this volume provide a general survey of these diverse popul...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bellwood, Peter S. (Editor ), Fox, James J., 1940- (Editor ), Tryon, D. T. (Darrell T.) (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Canberra, ACT : ANU E Press, [2006]
Colección:Occasional paper of the Department of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific Studies, the Australian National University.
Temas:
Austronesian languages > Congresses.
Prehistoric peoples > Islands of the Pacific > Congresses.
Prehistoric peoples > Southeast Asia > Congresses.
Comparative civilization > Congresses.
Langues austronésiennes > Congrès.
Civilisation comparée > Congrès.
History.
Humanities.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
Austronesian languages
Civilization
Comparative civilization
Prehistoric peoples
Islands of the Pacific > Civilization > Congresses.
Southeast Asia > Civilization > Congresses.
Pacifique, Îles du > Civilisation > Congrès.
Asie du Sud-Est > Civilisation > Congrès.
Pacific Ocean > Islands of the Pacific
Southeast Asia
Anthropology
Archeology
Social life
Customs
History
Asia
Madagascar
Islands of the pacific
Conference papers and proceedings
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  • The Austronesians in History: Common Origins and Diverse Transformations
  • Section I. Origins and Dispersals
  • Proto-Austronesian and the Major Austronesian Subgroups
  • The Prehistory of Oceanic Languages: A Current View
  • Borneo as a Cross-Roads for Comparative Austronesian Linguistics
  • Austronesian Prehistory in Southeast Asia: Homeland, Expansion and Transformation
  • The Lapita Culture and Austronesian Prehistory in Oceania
  • The Austronesian Conquest of the Sea
  • Upwind
  • Domesticated and Commensal Mammals of Austronesia and Their Histories
  • Section II. Transformations and Interactions
  • Homo Sapiens is an Evolving Species: Origins of the Austronesians
  • A Study of Genetic Distance and the Austronesian/Non-Austronesian Dichotomy
  • Language Contact and Change in Melanesia
  • Austronesian Societies and Their Transformations
  • Sea Nomads and Rainforest Hunter-Gatherers: Foraging Adaptations in the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago
  • Exchange Systems, Political Dynamics, and Colonial Transformations in Nineteenth Century Oceania
  • Indic Transformation: The Sanskritization of Jawa and the Javanization of the Bharata
  • Continuity and Change in the Austronesian Transition to Islam and Christianity
  • Christianity and Austronesian Transformations: Church, Polity and Culture in the Philippines and the Pacific.

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