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Ref ID: 35423
Ref Type: Journal Article
Authors: Bayard, Donn T.
Title: Linguistics, archaeologists, and Austronesian origins: comparative and sociolinguistic aspects of the Meacham-Bellwood debate
Date: 1996
Source: Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association
Notes: Proceedings of the 15th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Chiang Mai, Thailand 5 to 12 January 1994
Abstract: Archaeologists and linguists are often uncertain about the relative value of the other discipline to their own work and frequently dismiss, or misinterpret, results which do not "fit." The author, a prehistorian and linguist, stresses the mutual and positive value of debate between practitioners of the two disciplines. In the case of Austronesian origins the author feels that the Blust-Bellwood model takes better account of more of the archaeological and linguistic data than the alternative scenarios proposed by Meacham and Solheim.
Date Created: 6/4/2001
Volume: 15
Page Start: 71
Page End: 85