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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T110000
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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/the-origin-of-ancient-austrone
 sian-from-the-perspective-of-archaeological-discoveries-in-southeast-china
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SUMMARY:The origin of ancient Austronesian: from the perspective of archaeo
 logical discoveries in Southeast China
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 ce members.\n\nCo-sponsored with the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\n
 \nThe origin and dispersal of Austronesian has always been a controversial
  issue in the field of Archaeology and linguistics. Here we reviewe the hy
 pothesis about the origin and dispersal of Austronesian on linguistics and
  archaeology perspectives of theory\, methods and materials.\n\nWe introdu
 ce the new archaeological discoveries related to the origin and dispersal 
 of Austronesian in China. In recent years\, the Institute of Archaeology o
 f the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences\, and local research institutions
 \, have carried out archaeological field work in many parts of South China
 . In Fujian province\, Qihe Cave site in Zhangping city\, Nanshan site in 
 Mingxi county\, Yanzai Cave site in Jiangle county\, Donghuaqiu and Guisha
 n sites in Pingtan island\, have been excavated\, yielding rich human bone
  materials and relics of the Neolithic Age with unique cultural characteri
 stics. In Hainan Island\, Qiaoshan and Lianziwan sites in Lingshui county\
 , Yingdun sites in Sanya city were excavated\, initially establishing the 
 Neolithic cultural and chronological sequence in the southeastern coastal 
 areas of Hainan Island. These works conduct by our research team provide n
 ew materials for the study of the Austronesian family\, providing the poss
 ibility to probe into the communication and interaction patterns of prehis
 toric cultures in the South Pacific region. These discoveries open a windo
 w for researchers to pursue the evolution history of prehistoric civilizat
 ions in the Pacific Rim over the past ten thousand years.\n\nOn this basis
 \, we hypothesize that Austronesian ancestors may have lived in the southe
 ast coastal areas of China and spread across the South China Sea to the Ph
 ilippines and other Southeast Asian islands along multiple routes driven b
 y complex motivations. The origin and diffusion of Austronesian language i
 s kind of wave\, or  trend\, not single event. The characteristic of Aust
 ronesian takes root in the prehistoric culture of the whole southeast regi
 on\, and is reflected in the way of space utilization\, the characteristic
 s of residence\, artifacts\, the utilization of animal and plant resources
 \, and the spiritual expression of religion\, aesthetics and so on.
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