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The Expansion of Farmers into Island Southeast Asia

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ID23404192
AuthorsP Bellwood (0000-0001-6033-9629, Australian National University, corresponding author)
Year2022
Pages376-395
Publication date2022-02-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueOxford Handbook of Early Southeast Asia (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199355358.013.8
OpenAlexW4213062782
ISBN9780199355358
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited28

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.

Ancient history · Economic geography · Geography · Southeast asia · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · World Systems and Global Transformations

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Unique citing works4
Citations per year4
Citation span2025 - 2026 (2)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 3
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