Mid-Holocene hunter-gatherers Gaomiao in Hunan, China: The first of the Two-layer Model in the population history of East/Southeast Asia

H Matsumura; Hsiao-chun Hung; Lan Cuong Nguyen; Yafeng Zhao; He Gang; Chi Zhang

doi:10.22459/TA45.03.2017.04

Mid-Holocene hunter-gatherers Gaomiao in Hunan, China: The first of the Two-layer Model in the population history of East/Southeast Asia

H Matsumura, Hsiao-chun Hung, Lan Cuong Nguyen, Yafeng Zhao, He Gang, Chi Zhang

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Gaomiao, the eponymous archaeological site of the Gaomiao Culture (ca. 75005500 BP) has produced evidence of a unique hunter-gatherer society in Hunan Province, China, that produced fine decorated pottery. The human remains unearthed from this site provided an excellent opportunity to assess phenotypic and biological relationships between the Gaomiao and prehistoric and modern human populations that have inhabited East/Southeast Asia over the past ca. 10,000 years through cranial morphometrics. The assessment of morphometric affinity presented here addresses the peopling of East Asia, particularly in the context of the two-layer hypothesis describing the population history of this region. The results suggest that the Gaomiao skeletons inherited genetic signatures from early colonising populations of Late Pleistocene southern Eurasian origin to a certain extent, and might share a common ancestry with present-day Australian Aboriginal and Melanesian people.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	New Perspectives in Southeast Asian and Pacific Prehistory
Editors	Phillip Piper, Hirofumi Matsumura and David Bulbeck
Place of Publication	Acton, Australia
Publisher	ANU Press
Pages	61-78
Volume	45
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	9781760460945
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22459/TA45.03.2017.04
Publication status	Published - 2017

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Matsumura, H., Hung, H., Nguyen, L. C., Zhao, Y., Gang, H., & Zhang, C. (2017). Mid-Holocene hunter-gatherers Gaomiao in Hunan, China: The first of the Two-layer Model in the population history of East/Southeast Asia. In P. P. H. M. A. D. B. (Ed.), New Perspectives in Southeast Asian and Pacific Prehistory (1 ed., Vol. 45, pp. 61-78). ANU Press. https://doi.org/10.22459/TA45.03.2017.04

Matsumura, H ; Hung, Hsiao-chun ; Nguyen, Lan Cuong et al. / Mid-Holocene hunter-gatherers Gaomiao in Hunan, China: The first of the Two-layer Model in the population history of East/Southeast Asia. New Perspectives in Southeast Asian and Pacific Prehistory. editor / Phillip Piper, Hirofumi Matsumura and David Bulbeck. Vol. 45 1. ed. Acton, Australia : ANU Press, 2017. pp. 61-78

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Matsumura, H, Hung, H, Nguyen, LC, Zhao, Y, Gang, H & Zhang, C 2017, Mid-Holocene hunter-gatherers Gaomiao in Hunan, China: The first of the Two-layer Model in the population history of East/Southeast Asia. in PPHMADB (ed.), New Perspectives in Southeast Asian and Pacific Prehistory. 1 edn, vol. 45, ANU Press, Acton, Australia, pp. 61-78. https://doi.org/10.22459/TA45.03.2017.04

Mid-Holocene hunter-gatherers Gaomiao in Hunan, China: The first of the Two-layer Model in the population history of East/Southeast Asia. / Matsumura, H; Hung, Hsiao-chun; Nguyen, Lan Cuong et al.
New Perspectives in Southeast Asian and Pacific Prehistory. ed. / Phillip Piper, Hirofumi Matsumura and David Bulbeck. Vol. 45 1. ed. Acton, Australia: ANU Press, 2017. p. 61-78.

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