Austronesian cultural origins: Out of Taiwan, via the Batanes Islands, and onwards to Western Polynesia

Past Human Migrations in East Asia: Matching Archaeology, Linguistics and Genetics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 23-39

  Bellwood, Peter ^a   Dizon, Eusebio ^a,b,c,d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b National Museum of the Philippines   (Philippines)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS   (Philippines)

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EID: 77952937834     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203926789     Document Type: Chapter

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