Papuan-Austronesian contact and the spread of numeral systems in Melanesia
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DOI: 10.1075/dia.22005.bar
Abstract: This study analyzes the numeral systems of Austronesian and Papuan languages, investigating their areal distribution and considering their most likely ancestral states. The presence or absence of different methods of numeration has often been ascribed… read more here.
Keywords: papuan austronesian; numeral systems; contact; austronesian contact ... See more keywords
Mitogenomes Reveal Two Major Influxes of Papuan Ancestry across Wallacea Following the Last Glacial Maximum and Austronesian Contact
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DOI: 10.3390/genes12070965
Abstract: The tropical archipelago of Wallacea contains thousands of individual islands interspersed between mainland Asia and Near Oceania, and marks the location of a series of ancient oceanic voyages leading to the peopling of Sahul—i.e., the… read more here.
Keywords: glacial maximum; austronesian contact; wallacea; history ... See more keywords