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3rd edition. |
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1 online resource (xvi, 384 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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Previous edition: 1997. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-372) and index. |
| Contents |
The environmental background: present and past -- Homo erectus in Sundaland -- Indo-Malaysians of the last 40,000 years -- Recent Indo-Malaysian prehistory: according to the languages -- The patterns of history and ethnography -- The Hoabinhians and their island contemporaries -- The archaeological record of early Austronesian communities -- The archaeological record of early agricultural communities in Peninsular Malaysia -- The early metal phase: a protohistoric transition toward supra-tribal societies -- A final overview. |
| Summary |
Since its publication in 1985, Peter Bellwood's Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago has been hailed as the sole authoritative work on the subject by the leading expert in the field. Now that work has been fully revised and includes a complete up-to-date summary of the archaeology of the region (and relevant neighboring areas of China and Oceania), as well as a comprehensive discussion of new and important issues (such as the'Eve-Garden of Eden'hypothesis and its relevance to the Indo-Malaysian region) and recent advances in macrofamily linguistic classification.Moving north to south from northern Peninsular Malaysia to Timor and west to east from Sumatra to the Moluccas, Bellwood describes human prehistory from initial hominid settlement more than one million years ago to the eve of historical Hindu-Buddhist and Islamic cultures of the region. The archaeological record provides the central focus, but chapters also incorporate essential information from the paleoenvironmental sciences, biological anthropology, linguistics, and social anthropology. Bellwood approaches questions about past cultural and biological developments in the region from a multidisciplinary perspective. Historical issues given extended treatment include the significance of the Homo erectus populations of Java, the dispersal of the present Austronesian-speaking peoples of the region within the past 4,000 years, and the spread of metallurgy since 500 B.C. Bellwood also discusses relationships between the prehistoric populations of the archipelago and those of neighboring regions such as Australia, New Guinea, and mainland Asia. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Prehistoric peoples -- Indonesia.
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Prehistoric peoples -- Malaysia.
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Indonesia -- Antiquities.
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Malaysia -- Antiquities.
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Indonésie -- Antiquités.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
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Antiquities
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Prehistoric peoples
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Indonesia https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcrbVHmQ674B9vYY3X8G3
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Malaysia https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJqfKJqbTdKPv6g8b3Hpyd
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bellwood, Peter, 1943- Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago. [3rd rev. ed.]. Canberra : ANU E Press, 2007 9781921313110 (OCoLC)225566195 |
| ISBN |
9781921313127 (electronic bk.) |
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1921313129 (electronic bk.) |
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9781921313110 (pbk.) |
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1921313110 (pbk.) |
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AU@ 000041279403 |
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AU@ 000043648575 |
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