Rice in Madagascar point to Southeast Asian origin
A new paper in PNAS describes the first tangible evidence that Madagascar was colonised by Southeast Asians who probably spoke ...
Tag: Austronesian (peoples)
Referring to Austronesian-speaking people groups who live across Island Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Oceania and Madagascar.
Archaeogenetics paints a more complex picture of the Austronesian expansion
A detailed study of DNA of Pacific Islanders finds that their mitochondrial DNA were present in Island Southeast Asia from ...
Lapita pottery in New Guinea suggests Austronesian contact with inland
A new paper released earlier this month discusses the discovery of Lapita pottery in the interior of New Guinea dating ...
The prehistoric links between Taiwan and the Philippines
A feature describing the prehistoric and modern links between the indigenous tribes of Taiwan and the Philippines. The Tsou Tribe ...
Museum of Sa Huynh and Champa Culture
The Museum of Sa Huynh and Champa Culture is a small museum on the way to the My Son Sanctuary ...
Wednesday Rojak #66
Catching up on a month's worth of rojak, so some of the stories may be a little dated. Today's assortment ...
Expedition to sail the Philippine seas in ancient watercraft
A Filipino expedition is preparing to navigate the Philippine seas using an ancient reconstructed boat type called the Balanghay. This ...
Wednesday Rojak #53 – Lego and archaeology
This edition of rojak is an eclectic mix of tantalizing speculations about the hobbit's role in linguistics, videos from Java ...
Tracking human migration through bacteria
While we're on the topic of the Austronesian migration, the same issue of Science also carried another article about the ...
Language analysis shows possible trajectory of Austronesian expansion
Our understanding of the recent expansion of the Austronesian-speaking language groups out of Taiwan and into Southeast Asia and Polynesia ...
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