THE EXPANSION OF FARMERS INTO ISLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA

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    Abstract

    This chapter discusses the spread by migration of Neolithic farmers from southern China and Taiwan into and through the islands of Southeast Asia between 4000 and 3000 years ago. Data are drawn from archaeology, genetics, and the comparative study of the Austronesian languages. Also discussed are counterarguments that favor indigenous development of Island Southeast Asian agriculture and Neolithic material culture. This chapter supports the concept of Neolithic migration involving Austronesian language speakers, but points out that indigenous genetic descent from pre-Neolithic Holocene populations is strongly present in Wallacea, and also that both food production and maritime resource exploitation fueled the population expansion. Island Southeast Asia served as a springboard for further expansions into coastal regions of Mainland Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands beyond New Guinea and the Solomons.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationThe Oxford Handbook of Early Southeast Asia
    PublisherOxford University Press
    Pages376-395
    Number of pages20
    ISBN (Electronic)9780199355358
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2022

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