Contents; Foreword; About the Authors; Part I Historical Approaches; Migration History: Multidisciplinary Approaches; Part Ii Biological Approaches; Population Genetics and the Migration of Modern Humans (Homo Sapiens); A Brief Introduction to a Geochemical Method Used in Assessing Migration in Biological Anthropology; Part Iii Linguistic Approaches; Prehistoric Migration and Colonisation Processes in Oceania: A View from Historical Linguistics and Archaeology; Linguistic Testimony and Migration Histories; The Archaeo-Linguistics of Migration; Part Iv Anthropological Approaches
Ancient Immigrants: Archaeology and Maritime MigrationsThe Family Factor in Migration Decisions; References; Index on Names of Authors; Geographical and Languages Index; Subject Index
Summary
Migration plays a crucial role in the development of human societies. This book offers an overview of the state of the art in disciplines that study the a ̃deep pasta (TM) and shows how historians and social scientists can profit from their insights
