Ancient Human Migrations

by Peregrine, Peter N.; Peiros, Ilia; Feldman, Marcus

• ISBN13: 9780874809428
• ISBN10: 0874809428
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-28
• Publisher: Univ of Utah Pr

Summary

The study of human migration is integral to the understanding of essential features of human experience. Many ancient civilizations were created and modified through migrations, and migrations of later periods gave rise to the modern ethnic map of the world, affecting ideology, economy, and politics. Historically, most human migration studies have taken a more specialized approach, often focusing on archaeology or Linguistics. Ancient Human Migrations collects outstanding papers from internationally renowned scholars to clarify the need for multidisciplinary approaches to the topic of human migrations.

Author Biography

Peter N. Peregrine is professor and chair of anthropology at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin. Ilia Peiros is a research assistant at the Santa Fe Institute and an affiliate of the Department of Linguistics and Applied Linguistic at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Marcus W. Feldman is professor of biology at Stanford University.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vii
List of Tables	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Ancient Human Migrations: A Multidisciplinary Approach	p. 1
The Multidisciplinary Study of Human Migration: Problems and Principles	p. 6
Theory of Migration: Implication for Linguistic Evolution	p. 21
Cross-Cultural Research in the Study of Migration: Cultural Features and Language	p. 31
Languages and Migrations: What Can Linguistics Tell Us About Prehistory and Prehistoric Migrations?	p. 42
Humanity at the Last Glacial Maximum: A Cultural Crisis	p. 55
Why Are People Mortal? World Mythology and the "Out-of-Africa" Scenario	p. 74
Neolithic Migrations in the Near East and the Aegean: Linguistic and Genetic Correlates	p. 95
Migratory Mechanism: Rus' and the Magyars in the Ninth Century	p. 103
Migrations to the Americas	p. 112
The Peopling of the Americas as Viewed from the Y Chromosome	p. 127
Y-Chromosome Japanese Roots	p. 137
Towards an Integrated Theory about the Indonesian Migrations to Madagascar	p. 149
Problems and Prospects in the Study of Ancient Human Migrations	p. 173
Bibliography	p. 179
Index	p. 201
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