The Global Prehistory of Human Migration

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John Wiley & Sons, 10.11.2014 - 458 Seiten

Previously published as the first volume of The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration, this work is devoted exclusively to prehistoric migration, covering all periods and places from the first hominin migrations out of Africa through the end of prehistory.

  • Presents interdisciplinary coverage of this topic, including scholarship from the fields of archaeology, anthropology, genetics, biology, linguistics, and more
  • Includes contributions from a diverse international team of authors, representing 17 countries and a variety of disciplines
  • Divided into two sections, covering the Pleistocene and Holocene; each section examines human migration through chapters that focus on different regional and disciplinary lenses

 

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Inhalt

archaeology
107
Afroasiatic linguistic history
125
archaeology
139
Notes on Contributors
viii
genetics and population history
146
Neolithic colonization
168
genetics and archaeology
184
Altaic linguistic history
197
Polynesia East and South including transpacific migration
320
linguistic history
327
Na DeneAthapaskan archaeology and linguistics
333
EskimoAleut linguistic history
340
Paleoeskimo and Inuit archaeology
346
archaeology and linguistics
354
linguistic history
362
Out of Africa
369

human biology
217
archaeology
224
archaeology
245
linguistic history
259
Austronesian linguistic history
276
archaeology
284
human genetics
293
The earliest stages of hominin dispersal in Africa and Eurasia
302
indigenous migrations in the recent past
302
Lapita migration
308
Micronesian archaeology
314
archaeology
369
archaeology
376
linguistic history
384
archaeology
392
linguistic history
401
archaeology
410
Index
417
human biology
26
Pleistocene migrations in the Southeast Asian archipelagos
49
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The Global Prehistory of Human Migration
Immanuel Ness
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Autoren-Profil (2014)

Peter Bellwood is Emeritus Professor (Archaeology) at The Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. He is the author of First Farmers (Blackwell, 2005), Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago (2007), and First Migrants (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013). His book First Farmers won a 2006 Book Award from the Society for American Archaeology. He has also written and edited many other books on Southeast Asian and Pacific prehistory. His current research and writing are on prehistoric migrations around the world, especially of early food-producing populations, with a focus on Southeast Asia. He is currently involved in archaeological fieldwork in Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

Bibliografische Informationen

TitelThe Global Prehistory of Human Migration
Autor/inImmanuel Ness
HerausgeberPeter Bellwood
Ausgabeillustriert, Neuauflage
VerlagJohn Wiley & Sons, 2014
ISBN1118970594, 9781118970591
Länge458 Seiten
  
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