The Peopling of East Asia: Putting Together Archaeology, Linguistics and Genetics

Roger Blench · Laurent Sagart

Mar 2005 · Routledge

About this ebook

One of the most dynamic research areas in the prehistory of East Asian regions is the synthesis of the findings of archaeology, linguistics and genetics. Several countries have only recently opened to field research and highly active local groups have made possible a raft of collaborative studies that would have been impossible even a decade ago. This book presents an overview of the most recent findings in all these fields. It will be of great interest to scholars of all disciplines working on the reconstruction of the East Asian past.

About the author

Laurent Sagart is Senior Researcher with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France. He is the author of three books and numerous articles on Chinese dialectology, Old Chinese phonology and morphology, comparative Chinese linguistics, and the Austronesian languages.
Roger Blench is an independent scholar and consultant working in international development but also on language and prehistory. He has edited Language and Archaeology Vols. I-IV (Routledge, 1997-9) as well as a book on the history of African livestock.
Alicia Sanchez-Mazas is Professor of Population Genetics and Anthropology at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Her main research interest is the evolution of modern humans. She published many articles on worldwide genetic diversity and its relation to human peopling history.