The peopling of East Asia : putting together archaeology, linguistics and genetics

XXIII, 323 S. : Ill., Kt.

24cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Verlagsangabe: 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. The book should be of great interest to scholars of all disciplines working on the reconstruction of the East Asian past.

Inhalt: Introduction / Laurent Sagart, Roger Blench and Alicia Sanchez-Mazas -- 1. Examining the Farming/Language Dispersal Hypothesis in the East Asian Context / P. Bellwood -- 2. From the mountains to the valleys: Understanding ethnolinguistic geography in southeast Asia / Roger Blench -- Appendix to 2 / Roger Blench -- 3. The Origin and Dispersal of Agriculture and Human Diaspora in East Asia / T. Lu -- 4. Recent discoveries at a tapenkeng culture site in Taiwan: Implications for the problem of Austronesian origins / C.H. Tsang -- 5. The Contribution of Linguistic Palaeontology to the Homeland of Austroasiatic / G. Diffloth -- 6. Tibeto-Burman vs. Indo-Chinese: Implications for population geneticists, archaeologists and prehistorians / G. Van Driem -- 7. Kra-dai and Austronesian: Notes on phonological correspondences and vocabulary distribution / W. Ostapirat -- 8. The Current Status of Austric: A review and evaluation of the lexical and morphosyntactic evidence / L. Reid -- Appendix to 8 / L. Reid -- 9. Sino-tibetan-austronesian: An updated and improved argument / Laurent Sagart -- 10. Tai-kadai as a subgroup of Austronesian / Laurent Sagart -- 11. Proto-east Asian and the origin and dispersal of the languages of East and Southeast Asia and the Pacific / S. Starosta -- 12. The physical anthropology of the Pacific, East Asia, and Southeast Asia: a multivariate craniometric analysis / M. Pietrusewsky -- Appendix to 12 / M. Pietrusewsky -- 13. Genetic diversity of Taiwan's indigenous peoples: Possible relationship with insular Southeast Asia / Marie Lin, Chen-Chung Chu, Richard E. Broadberry, Lung-Chih Yu, Jun-Hun Loo and Jean A. Trejaut

Inhalt: 14. Genetic analysis of minority populations in China and its implications for multi-regional evolution / Chu J.Y. -- 15. Comparing linguistic and genetic relationships among East Asian populations: a study of the RH and GM polymorphisms / Estella S. Poloni, Alicia Sanchez-Mazas, Guillaume Jacques and Laurent Sagart -- 16. Hla genetic diversity and linguistic variation in East Asia / Alicia Sanchez-Mazas, Estella S. Poloni, Guillaume Jacques and Laurent Sagart -- 17. A synopsis of extant y chromosome diversity in East Asia and Oceania / Peter A. Underhill -- Appendix to 17 / Peter A. Underhill