The Prehistoric Maritime Frontier of Southeast China : Indigenous Bai Yue and Their Oceanic Dispersal

This open access book presents multidisciplinary research on the cultural history, ethnic connectivity, and oceanic transportation of the ancient Indigenous Bai Yue (??) in the prehistoric maritime region of southeast China and southeast Asia.

Introduction.- Part I: The Historical Record of the "Barbarians" Yue and Maritime Yi in the Southeast Frontier of Ancient Chinese Civilization.- Chap.1, "Central State- Four  Peripheries Barbarians- Four Seas": the Spatially Cultural Order of Land-Sea Interaction of Early Chinese Civilization.- Chap.2, Southeastern Peripheries of Huaxia: the Historical Cultural Interaction and Assimilation from "Southern Man and Bai Yue" to "Island Yi and  Foreign Maritime Fan".- Part II: The Archaeological Exploration on the Prehistoric Cultures in the Maritime Region of Southeast  Asia.- Chap.3, The Local Paleolithic Cultural Inheriting of the Maritime Region of Southeast Asia during the Early Neolithization around 10,000 years ago.- Chap.4, The Cultural Influence of Northern Huaxia in the Indigenous System of Geometric Stamped Pattern Pottery Remains of Southeast China During Neolithic, Bronze and Early Iron age.- Part III :  The Ethnographical Investigation of the Maritime Cultural Heritages of the Indigenous  Yues in Southeast China.- Chap. 5, The Inheritance of Island Yi and the Acculturation  of Foreign Maritime Fan: The Cultural History of Maritime Essence of the Han People in South Coast of China.- Chap.6, Ethno-archaeological Analysis on the "Straw and Bark Weaving" Culture of Island Yi and Southern Man in Southern China and Southeast Asia.- Chap.7, Searching for the Prehistoric Seafaring Tool between Southeast Coast of China and Pacific Islands.- Chap.8, A Comparative Study of the Astronomical Navigation between Ancient China and Pacific Austronesian.- Part IV: Conclusion.- Chap.9, An Academic Overview on the Research of Cultural Relation of Ancient Indigenous Yue of Southeast Coast of China and Pacific Austronesian.