social organization, xxv, 16

Southeast Asia, xxvi, 1, 18, 83, 86

adze, 105, 109, 111, 112, 113

expansion to the Pacific, 82, 83, 258

inhabitants, 87

migration from southeast China, 66

Neolithic culture, 88, 96

Paleolithic of, 90

prehistory of, 18, 34, 86

Southern Homeland Model, 85

trade, 103

Southeast Asian Archipelago, 34, 66, 81, 88

spindle whorls, 63, 68, 92, 153, 154, 227, 228, 231,, 233

stone artifacts, 42–44, 76, 161

axe, 5, 8

arrowhead, 5, 63, 64, 71, 99, 160, 216, 218

halberd, 67, 70, 73, 77

tools, 3, 4, 11, 12, 19, 20, 42–45, 47, 49, 58, 62, 65–68, 70, 73, 90, 93, 95, 99–101, 103, 114, 126, 134–136, 143, 155–162, 164, 174, 175, 177, 195, 201, 203, 209, 216–218, 254

subsistence activities, 132

Damaoshan, 194

Zhishanyan people, 99

Tainan, 92

Taiwan, xxvi, xxvii, 1, 5, 31, 38, 55, 66, 82–104, 107, 109, 111, 117, 127, 166–168, 175, 177, 257–259

archaeology, xxxii, 82, 88, 89, 93, 94, 96, 97, 99–101, 104, 117

Austronesian, 82–86

Neolithic culture, 17, 18, 81, 82, 88, 89, 91–104, 160, 257

Paleolithic culture, 89, 90, 93

pottery, 100, 102, 257

Taiwan Strait, 16, 20, 25, 34, 38, 40, 57, 82, 84, 88, 90, 91, 93, 94, 103, 104, 124, 127–129, 131, 141, 167, 168, 174, 175, 177, 256–259

Taizijinshan cemetery, 74

Tanshishan: culture, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 52, 58–60, 62, 63, 68, 119, 124, 126, 254, 255

site, 7–9, 12, 15, 16, 36, 45, 58–62, 70, 72, 73, 106, 116–119, 123, 158, 196, 254, 255

Tapenkeng. See Dapenkeng.

Thailand, 109

tombs: Keqiutou, 47.

See also burial rituals.

University of Hawai‘i-Manoa, xxix

Vietnam, 86

northern, 86

south, 109

woodworking, 108

Huangguashan, 218

Keqoutou, 3

writing, 73

Fubin culture, 73

Huantulun culture, 72

Wucheng culture, 77

Wucheng culture, 72, 73, 77, 79

Wuyi Mountain, 72

system, 26, 27

Xiaoma village, 195

Xiapu County, 20, 195