The Austronesian Moment

南島民族的重要時刻

John A. Peterson

《台灣原住民族研究季刊》 2卷4期 (2009/12) Pp. 39-62

https://doi.org/10.29910/TJIS.200912.0002

摘要

有關於那些往東遷移至東南亞及西太洋島嶼的東亞及東南亞南島民族的起源在近幾十年來已快速發展。有關他們之間的關係，或是他們的胃部細菌以及他們的家畜和家禽，如豬、狗、雞等大多已經被相關的研究發現及確認。基於語言學、遺傳學以及考古學上的資料顯示，南島民族在史前的全世紀晚期開始從共同的來源區域結盟與分離。然而，並沒有很清楚的證據指出那一個單一地區就是他們的發源地。此篇文章檢視了這些假設並提出一個航海遷移模式，此模式是基於此區域的原住民對空間有其獨特的看法及感覺。而此模式一方面可解釋為何他們在短時間內爆發的遷移潮，再則，亦可解釋為何原住民族會散佈於一個廣大的航海世界裏。

關鍵字

南島民族 ； 東南亞 ； 西太平洋

並列摘要

For nearly a decade now the debate has quickened on the origins of the Austronesian Peoples of East and Southeast Asia who migrated eastward into Island Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. There is no doubt now about the relationship among them, or among their stomach bacteria or their rats, chickens, pigs, and dogs. Linguistic, genetic, and archaeological data show compelling associations and divergence from common source areas at critical times in the late Holocene. However, it is not clear if any single region is the point of origin. This paper examines these hypotheses and proposes a model of maritime migration based on spatial perception unique to the native peoples of the region, one that likely led to bursts of migration over relatively short periods, and one that links indigenous peoples throughout an extensive maritime world.

並列關鍵字

Austronesian Peoples ； Southeast Asia ； Western Pacific

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