The Austronesians: Historical and Comparative Perspectives

2006/09/01 by Peter Bellwood, Darrell Tryon, James J. Fox · 4 citations
Social Sciences · #Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.22459/a.09.2006

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Abstract

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

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