R31 - Neolithic Migrations and Adaptations: From East Asia to the Indo- Pacific

Session Organisers: Hsiao-chun Hung, Hirofumi Matsumura, Khanh Trung Kien Nguyen

Category: Different Neolithics

Session Abstract: This session delves into human migrations dating back to the Neolithic period in the East Asian mainland, when ancient rice and millet farmers migrated from the core areas of early agricultural zones in Central China to various other regions, including different parts of China, Taiwan, Japan, Mainland and Island Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands. The session aims to present and analyze state-of-the-art evidence from archaeology, physical anthropology, genetics, and linguistics across the region. Participants in this session will offer insights into the timing, routes, motives, processes, and adaptations of these Neolithic dispersals, which have played a significant role in shaping the contemporary landscape of East Asia and the broader Indo-Pacific region.

Room: K

04/11/2024

Start Time - End Time	Authors	Title
13:00 - 13:20	Hirofumi Matsumura, Hsiao-Chun Hung	“Two Layers” of Ancient Hunting-gathering and Farming Populations in Eurasia, Revealed through Analysis of Cranial Morphometrics
13:20 - 13:40	Hugh Mccoll, Eske Willerslev	Ancient DNA in Southeast Asia
13:40 - 14:00	Zhenhua Deng	Reconstructing the Spread of Agriculture into Southeast Asia: Insights from Archaeobotanical Evidence
14:00 - 14:20	Xinxin Zuo	First Island Farmers in the South China Coast

Coffee Break

Start Time - End Time	Authors	Title
14:45 - 15:05	Hsiao-Chun Hung	The Neolithization of Taiwan and Hainan Islands: The Emergence of Austronesian and Kra-Dai Peoples
15:05 - 15:25	Khanh Trung Kien Nguyen	Exploring Unique Settlements: Circular Earthwork Sites in Southern Vietnam, Mainland Southeast Asia
15:25 - 15:45	Chin-Yung Chao	A Reconsideration of the Fragmentation and Continuum of Cultural Aggregates in Neolithic Eastern Taiwan
15:45 - 16:05	Yue Zhang	Human Migrations and Ancient Tooth Ablation Custom in Southeast Asia (5000–2000BP)

Coffee Break

Start Time - End Time	Authors	Title
16:30 - 16:45	Xiaoyan Yang, Yu Gao	Crops Domesticated in East Asia Spread Across the Himalayas to South Asia
16:45 - 17:00	Roger Blench	An Aceramic Neolithic in Northeast India
17:00 - 17:15	Yoshiyuki Iizuka, Yu-Shiang Wang	Revealing Two Types of Nephrite and Their Trading Systems in Prehistoric Japan: Non-Invasive Lithological Investigation of Stone Artifacts from Early Jomon Sites
17:15 - 17:30	Andrey Varenov	Neolithic Prototypes of Sanxingdui Ritual Bronzes
17:30 - 18:00	All Participants	Comments, Discussion and Conclusion