Archaeology of Cultural Fluidity in Taiwan
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 82nd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (2017)
From maritime-based foragers to Neolithic farmers and Austronesian pioneers, the prehistoric societies of Taiwan exemplify cultural fluidity – defined as resiliency leading to transformative evolutionary change -- as an adaptive strategy. This session offers fascinating case studies that examine cultural fluidity from an evolutionary perspective. Geo-spatial, archaeological, and artifactual data will be featured as well as updates about emerging discoveries on this unique island and the related Pacific sphere.
Other Keywords
Pottery •
Taiwan •
Geoarchaeology •
Social Structure •
Community •
Gis •
Performance •
Landscape •
behavioral ecology •
cultural continuity
Geographic Keywords
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Isl (Country) •
Territory of Guam (Country) •
Republic of Indonesia (Country) •
Republic of Tajikistan (Country) •
Kyrgyz Republic (Country) •
Japan (Country) •
Asia (Continent) •
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lan (Country) •
Kingdom of Thailand (Country) •
Kingdom of Cambodia (Country)