The Austronesians: Historical and Comparative PerspectivesDepartment of Anthropology as part of the Comparative Austronesian Project, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, 1995 - Foreign Language Study - 359 pages The Austronesian-speaking population of the world are estimated to number more than 270 million people, living in a broad swathe around half the globe, from Madagascar to Easter Island and from Taiwan to New Zealand. The seventeen papers in this volume provide a general survey of these diverse populations focusing on their common origins and historical transformations. The papers examine current ideas on the linguistics, prehistory, anthropology and recorded history of the Austronesians. This volume is a publication of the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies' Comparative Austronesian Project. |
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AUSTRONESIAN SUBGROUPS | 17 |
Culturalhistorical implications | 35 |
13578 | 64 |
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