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Since its publication in 1985, Peter Bellwood’s Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago has been hailed as the sole authoritative work on the subject by the leading expert in the field. Now that work has been fully revised and includes a complete up-to-date summary of the archaeology of the region (and relevant neighboring areas of China and Oceania), as well as a comprehensive discussion of new and important issues (such as the “Eve-Garden of Eden” hypothesis and its relevance to the Indo-Malaysian region) and recent advances in macrofamily linguistic classification. Moving north to south from northern Peninsular Malaysia to Timor and west to east from Sumatra to the Moluccas, Bellwood describes human prehistory from initial hominid settlement more than one million years ago to the eve of historical Hindu-Buddhist and Islamic cultures of the region. The archaeological record provides the central focus, but chapters also incorporate essential information from the paleoenvironmental sciences, biological anthropology, linguistics, and social anthropology. Bellwood approaches questions about past cultural and biological developments in the region from a multidisciplinary perspective. Historical issues given extended treatment include the significance of the Homo erectus populations of Java, the dispersal of the present Austronesian-speaking peoples of the region within the past 4,000 years, and the spread of metallurgy since 500 B.C. Bellwood also discusses relationships between the prehistoric populations of the archipelago and those of neighboring regions such as Australia, New Guinea, and mainland Asia.
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Antiquities, Antiquities, Prehistoric, Prehistoric Antiquities, Prehistoric peoples, Anthropology, Homme préhistorique, Antiquités, HISTORY, Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Archäologie, Prehistorie, Protohistorie, Materiële cultuur, Archeologie, Austronesiërs, Indonesia, antiquities, Malaysia, antiquities, Prehistoric peoples, asiaShowing 5 featured editions. View all 5 editions?
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Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago
2022, University of Hawaii Press
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0824874684 9780824874681
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Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago
2007, ANU E Press
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1921313129 9781921313127
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Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago
1997, University of Hawai'i Press
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0824818830 9780824818838
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Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian archipelago
1985, Academic Press
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0120853701 9780120853700
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Previous ed.: 1997.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-372) and index.
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