The Prehistory of Human Migration - Human Expansion, Resource Use, and Mortuary Practice in Maritime Asia

Edited by Rintaro Ono and Alfred Pawlik

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Abstract: The Prehistory of Human Migration - Human Expansion, Resource Use, and Mortuary Practice in Maritime Asia presents the current state of archaeological research on the migration and expansion of the first modern humans (Homo sapiens) into the maritime regions of Asia and Oceania. This area, which stretches geographically from the North and Southeast Asian mainland through the archipelagos of Japan, the Philippines, and Indonesia all the way to Oceania, has provided us with numerous new insights and discoveries based on data from archaeological and bioanthropological research, thus revealing the cognitive abilities as well as the behavioural adaptations and technological innovations of these early islanders and seafarers that led to the successful colonization of this unique island world. In seven chapters devoted to the themes ‘Modern Human Migration to Maritime Asia and Oceania’, ‘Modern Human Migration, Technology and Resource Use in Maritime Asia’, and ‘Modern Human Migration and Mortuary Practices in Maritime Asia’, leading archaeologists present their research in Wallacea, the Ryukyu Islands (East Asia), and the coastal regions of Southeast and Northeast Asia, and discuss their findings on early modern human migration to Maritime Asia, the utilization of its diverse resources, and the belief systems of these early islanders during the Late Pleistocene.

JEL-codes: O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
ISBN: 978-1-80355-366-5
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Chapters in this book:

Gaiso-Bo and Fuso Mortuary Practices and Human Migration in the Late Pleistocene in the Ryukyu Islands

Chiaki Katagiri

Homo sapiens in Island Southeast Asia: Toward a Maritime Specialization?

Clara Boulanger

Human Population Dynamics and the Emergence of Microblade Technology in Northeast Asia during the Upper Palaeolithic: A Current View

Jun Takakura

Prehistoric Human Migrations in Southeast Asia through the Lenses of Burial Practices

Sofia C. Samper Carro

Prehistoric Migration of Homo sapiens in the Ryukyu Islands

Masaki Fujita, Fuzuki Mizuno and Shinji Yamasaki

The Pleistocene Maritime Migration of Modern Humans in Northern Wallacea: The Cases of Topogaro in Sulawesi and Bubog in Mindoro

Rintaro Ono, Alfred Pawlik and Riczar Fuentes

The Southern Route to Sahul: Modern Human Dispersal and Adaptation in the Pleistocene

Sue O'Connor, Ceri Shipton and Shimona Kealy

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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.105160

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