Paths of Origins : the Austronesian Heritage

Artpostasia Pte Ltd. New. 2011. Paperback. 9719429208 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- 280 pages; 297 illustrations including 211 in color. Description: "Much has transformed our understanding of Southeast Asian prehistory in the last forty years. What you thought you knew is history and the ties that bind the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Madagascar, the Pacific islands, and mainland Southeast Asia can now be traced to the big bangout of a homeland in Taiwan some 4,500 years ago. While archaeology had previously established irrefutable connections among peoples of these regions, more recent advances in historical linguistics and molecular genetics have provided an approximate time line for the rapid dispersion of what archaeologists describe as colonizing farmers. This publication will focus on art and artifacts, features that stand witness to these peoples relatedness today. Much scholarship in the last fifteen years has focused on new ways of looking at the origins of Austronesia. It was widely believed - and taught in schools - that the different waves of migrations that peopled the islands of Southeast Asia (Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia) , as well as Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, originated out of the Sunda Shelf (south to north) by groups traveling on outrigger boats. In recent years, the work of many scholars, not just linguists and archaeologists but also social anthropologists, geneticists, paleoanthropologists, and environmental scientists, show that the ancestral origin of these peoples were in southern China and Taiwan (north to south) , with the roots of their languages still traceable to Taiwan and the Philippines. This publication will broaden the scope of this particular north to south discussion by focusing on artifacts (ethnographic evidence) that stand witness to the Austronesian Heritage." -- with a bonus offer-- .