Unraveling the Roots of Austronesian Peoples: New Archaeological Insights from China
Archaeological finds in Fujian offer new insights into Austronesian origins, suggesting complex migrations linked to agriculture and cross-Strait interactions.
Tag: Austronesian (peoples)
Referring to Austronesian-speaking people groups who live across Island Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Oceania and Madagascar.
How Taiwan’s Ancient Inhabitants Shaped and Were Shaped by Their Environment [Paper]
via Archaeological Research in Asia, 21 September 2023: This study by Leipe et al. explores Taiwan's population dynamics from 5000 ...
Exploring Centuries of Pacific Island Art: ‘The Shape of Time’ Exhibition Debuts at National Museum of Qatar
via the Gulf Times, 24 October 2023: The National Museum of Qatar has inaugurated the significant exhibition, "The Shape of ...
Papua Research Unveils Ancient Cultural Exchange Across Austronesian and Australo-Papuan Peoples Through Language and Artifacts
via Mongabay, 25 July 2023: Research conducted in Papua reveals that language and archaeological remains spread between Austronesian and Australo-Papuan ...
Prehistory museum reopening highlights Taiwan’s Austronesian roots
via Focus Taiwan, 16 May 2023: The National Museum of Prehistory in Taitung, Taiwan, will reopen after three years of ...
[Paper] The loss of biodiversity in Madagascar is contemporaneous with major demographic events
via Current Biology, 04 November 2022: A new paper by Alva et al. links a major loss of biodiversity in ...
[Paper] Negritos in Taiwan and the wider prehistory of Southeast Asia: new discovery from the Xiaoma Caves
via World Archaeology, 04 October 2022: A paper by Hung et al. reveals the presence of pre-Austronesian populations in Taiwan, ...
Taitung university launches doctoral program on Austronesian studies
via Focus Taiwan, 06 August 2022:
[Paper] Ancient genomes from the last three millennia support multiple human dispersals into Wallacea
via Nature Ecology and Evolution, 09 June 2022: Genome sequences from 16 ancient humans shed light on the population explosion ...
[Obituary] In Memoriam: Robert Blust, 1940-2022
The Taiwan Studies Programme at the University of Nottingham has a special issue for the late Robert Blust, who passed ...
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