First Islanders
Prehistory and Human Migration in Island Southeast Asia
$87.95
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
31 March 2017
Summary
Incorporating research findings over the last twenty years, First Islanders examines the human prehistory of Island Southeast Asia. This fascinating story is explored from a broad swathe of multidisciplinary perspectives and pays close attention to migration in the period dating from 1.5 million years ago to the development of Indic kingdoms late in the first millennium CE.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781119251552 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1119251559 |
| Author: | Peter Bellwood |
| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 2017 |
| Weight: | 635g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 168mm x 241mm |
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Critics Review
“This is a must-read book for anyone interested in Island Southeast Asian archaeology and early human history. It truly comes from Bellwood’s mastery of a large amount of literature, and his background as a field-grounded scholar.”
—Victor Paz Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines, Republic of the Philippines, Antiquity,??Volume 92, Issue 366, December 2018
Peter Bellwood
Peter Bellwood is an Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University, which he joined in 1973, retiring in 2013. He has undertaken archaeological research in Polynesia and Island Southeast Asia and is currently involved in projects in Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
His most recent books include:
- The Global Prehistory of Human Migration (edited, 2015)
- First Migrants (2013)
- Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago (3rd edition, 2007)
- First Farmers (2005)
- Southeast Asia: From Prehistory to History (co-edited, 2005)
Peter Bellwood is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.
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