The Austronesians : historical and comparative perspectives ; a publication of the Department of Anthropology as part of the Comparative Austronesian Project, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, the Australian National University, Canberra ACT A

The Austronesian-speaking Populations 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. -- Back Cover. The Austronesians In History: Common Origins And Diverse Transformations / Peter Bellwood, James J. Fox And Darrell Tryon -- Proto-austronesian And The Major Austronesian Subgroups / Darrell Tryon -- The Prehistory Of The Oceanic Languages: A Current View / Andrew Pawley And Malcolm Ross -- Borneo As A Cross-roads For Comparative Austronesian Linguistics / K. Alexander Adelaar -- Austronesian Prehistory In Southeast Asia: Homeland, Expansion And Transformation / Peter Bellwood -- The Lapita Culture And Austronesian Prehistory In Oceania / Matthew Spriggs -- The Austronesian Conquest Of The Sea - Upwind / Adrian Horridge -- Domesticated And Commensal Mammals Of Austronesia And Their Histories / Colin P. Groves -- Homo Sapiens Is An Evolving Species: Origins Of The Austronesians / S.w. Serjeantson And X. Gao. A Study Of Genetic Distance And The Austronesian/non-austronesian Dichotomy / Kuldeep Bhatia, Simon Easteal And Robert L. Kirk -- Language Contact And Change In Melanesia / Tom Dutton -- Austronesian Societies And Their Transformations / James J. Fox -- Sea Nomads And Rainforest Hunter-gatherers: Foraging Adaptations In The Indo-malaysian Archipelago / Clifford Sather -- Exchange Systems, Political Dynamics And Colonial Transformations In Nineteenth Centure Oceania / Nicholas Thomas -- Indic Transfromation: The Sanskritization Of Jawa And The Javanization Of The Bhărata / S. Supomo -- Continuity And Change In The Austronesian Transition To Islam And Christianity / Anthony Reid -- Christianity And Austronesian Transformations: Church, Polity And Culture In The Philippines And The Pacific / Aram A. Yengoyan. Edited By Peter Bellwood, James J. Fox And Darrell Tryon. Papers Originally Presented At A Conference Of The Comparative Austronesian Project. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.