Scholarship on the ancient Indian Ocean, which stretches deep into the previous century, is
available from an array of academic disciplines including but not limited to history …

The dispersal of rice (Oryza sativa) following domestication influenced massive social and
cultural changes across South, East, and Southeast (SE) Asia. The history of dispersal …

To reconstruct population dynamics in Taiwan between 5000 and 100 cal BP, we analysed
spatial-temporal changes in archaeological site abundance and size (area). The results …

Archaeological materials from the Mediterranean world in Southeast Asia are scarce and
their social context and cultural implications are rarely considered, while objects in …

Despite decades of lively debate about Taiwan's role in the spread of early agriculture, crops
and cultivation practices to the Indo-Pacific region, there is little archaeobotanical data from …

This article critically reviews four decades of development of maritime and underwater
archaeology in India (MUAI). Established in 1981, the first Marine Archaeology Centre at the …

The archaeological record of Wallacea remains exceptionally fragmentary. This is especially
the case for late Holocene human occupation of the region when lifestyle and culture in …

Sumba is one of the islands in the archipelago that plays an essential role in the migration
process of Austronesian speakers. This island is considered one of the contact zones that …

The two neighboring late prehistoric/protohistoric sites of Aw Gyi and Maliwan, located in the
southernmost part of Myanmar in the Isthmus of Kra, yielded large quantities of glass beads …

3. Results Results show four well defined glass groups including:—27 samples with a high
potash composition—20 soda-rich samples with potash concentrations higher than 1.5 …