ctflessen / Ark3095 / Bellwood & Solheim 14.november. It was, however, later extended by Bellwood (among others) to refer also to populations who speak, or whose ancestors at least spoke, an Austronesian language. Originally, the term Austronesian referred to the family of languages spoken in the region of Southeast Asia and Oceania, stretching as far as Easter Island on the east and including Madagascar on the west. The term derives from the Latin auster for “south wind” and the Greek nêsos for “island” (Wikipedia, 2006), thus giving the approximate meaning “south islander”. Central to this hypothesis is the concept Austronesian. Bellwood, an archaeologist specializing in Austronesian populations, has compiled a vast body of evidence from archaeology, linguistics, and genetics, and. BELLWOOD’S OUT-OF-TAIWAN (OOT) HYPOTHESIS Of the two major hypotheses on the Neolithic movements of people in the Pacific, Peter Bellwood’s Out-of-Taiwan (OOT) hypothesis is perhaps the more dominant or widely accepted. Peter Bellwood is professor emeritus of archaeology at the Australian National University. This paper aims to provide only a brief overview or basic background on these two models. At present, there are two major models/hypotheses attempting to explain Neolithic movements of people in the Pacific and the subsequent cultural similarities among different groups in the region: Peter Bellwood’s Out-of-Taiwan (OOT) hypothesis, and Wilhelm Solheim’s Nusantao Maritime Trading and Communication Network (NMTCN). Although majority of scholars on the subject would agree that the origins of these similarities can be traced back to the Neolithic age (Early Holocene), views on how these came about and/or the agencies responsible vary. Uses data from archaeology, comparative linguistics, and biological. In Southeast Asia in particular, hypotheses attempting to explain the observed similarities in certain aspects of different cultures have been the focus of discussions for decades. First Farmers: the Origins of Agricultural Societies offers readers an understanding of the origins and histories of early agricultural populations in all parts of the world. Flessen NTNU The explanation of origins has always been considered as a subject of great interest. BELLWOOD AND SOLHEIM: Models of Neolithic movements of people in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Catherine T.

First Farmers by Peter Bellwood