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Taiwan, Neolithic seafaring and Austronesian origins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Barry V. Rolett,
Wei-Chun Chen and
John M. Sinton
Barry V. Rolett
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu HI 96822, USA
Wei-Chun Chen
Affiliation:
Academia Sinica, Institute of History & Philology, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan R.O.C.
John M. Sinton
Affiliation:
Department of Geology & Geophysics University of Hawaii, Honolulu HI 96822, USA
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Abstract

New evidence for the movement of Neolithic basalt adzes across the Taiwan Strait may indicate the beginnings of regular Austronesian voyaging. This seafaring tradition culminated in the Polynesian colonization of the Pacific.

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TaiwanNeolithicseafaringAustronesiansadzesarchaeometry

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Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 283 , March 2000, pp. 54 - 61
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2000

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