farming, xxv–xxvii, 32, 80, 101, 250, 252, 256

fishing, 44, 92, 131, 132, 162, 189–194, 252

shellfishing, 181

Fubin culture, 14, 65, 70, 73–78, 124

Fuguodun site, 17, 45, 54–57, 93, 94, 254

Fujian Province, xxvi, 2, 7, 10, 12–14, 20, 24, 26, 29, 33, 36, 42, 45, 62, 75, 106, 125, 129, 131, 170, 195, 197, 198

Fujian Provincial Museum, xxx–xxxi, 12, 13, 46, 66–68, 70, 119, 120, 126–128, 132, 134, 135, 179, 187, 195, 197, 250

Fujian. See Fujian Province.

Guangdong Province, 2, 4, 6, 10, 11, 14, 24, 26, 31, 45, 64, 73, 74

Haitan Island, 45

halberds, 67, 70, 73, 77

Hangzhou: Bay, 107

Harvard University, 128, 197

Hemudu: culture, xxvii, 57, 108, 117, 124, 254, 259

site, 107

Hemudu Site Museum, xxxi

Holocene, 23, 31, 34–40, 88, 131, 132

early, 25, 42, 57, 84

middle, 23, 31, 32, 34, 40, 130

mid-, 131, 198

housing, 37, 49, 134, 144, 145, 192, 197, 204, 206–208, 213

Houshan: site, 14, 45, 62, 64, 65, 75, 255

Huangguashan: culture, 62, 63, 65, 66, 68, 69, 71, 123, 124, 197, 216, 227, 255

site, xxxi, 12, 13, 16, 20, 21, 36, 45, 62–64, 79, 106, 119–122, 155, 158, 195–213, 215–223, 228–230, 232–257

Huangtulun: culture, 70–73, 77, 124

site, 70, 72, 73

Hulinshan: site, 70, 74–78

hunting-gathering, 44

Hutoupu: pottery, 65

site, 14, 45, 64, 65, 255

Indonesia, 82, 87, 111

Austronesian colonization, 81–83, 85, 87

Neolithic culture, 96

Island Southeast Asia.

SeeSoutheast Asia.

jade, 66–68, 73, 76, 95, 98, 102, 162, 163

Japan, 89, 111

Jiangsu Province, 34, 113

Jinguishan: pottery, 93

site, 45, 56, 57, 93, 254

Jiantounong site, 69

Kequitou: site, 54

language, xxvi, 82, 84, 86, 88

Austronesian, xxvii, 82–84, 86

Lapita:, 86, 88, 97

Lazhoushan site, 13, 16

Liangzhu: culture, 68, 113, 124

Lingfeng Cave, 42, 43

Luzon, 86, 97