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Peter Bellwood is an Australian archaeologist and anthropologist known for research on the prehistory of Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific. He helped develop and defend the farming-dispersal, or "Out of Taiwan," model, which links the spread of Austronesian languages and Neolithic food-producing communities from Taiwan through the Philippines and into Indonesia, Near Oceania, and the wider Pacific; his work combines archaeology, linguistics, and population history.
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What is Peter Bellwood best known for?
Peter Bellwood is an archaeologist and anthropologist known for studying the prehistory of Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific. He is especially associated with the farming-dispersal and Out of Taiwan models.
What does Bellwood's Out of Taiwan model propose?
The model links the spread of Austronesian languages and Neolithic farming from Taiwan into Island Southeast Asia and farther across the Pacific. It is a research model supported and debated through archaeological, linguistic, and biological evidence.
Which regions are central to Peter Bellwood's research?
His work centers on Taiwan, the Philippines, Island Southeast Asia, and the Pacific. He has also been involved in archaeological projects in Vietnam and other parts of Southeast Asia.
Which book is associated with Bellwood's work on the region?
Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago is one of his best-known books. A revised edition appeared in 1997 and presents archaeological arguments about farming, migration, and language dispersal.
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