Archaeolinguistic evidence for the farming/language dispersal of Koreanic
While earlier research often saw Altaic as an exception to the farming/language dispersal hypothesis, recent work on millet cultivation in northeast China has led to the proposal that the West Liao basin was the Neolithic homeland of a Transeurasian language family. Here, we examine the archaeolingu...
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| description | While earlier research often saw Altaic as an exception to the farming/language dispersal hypothesis, recent work on millet cultivation in northeast China has led to the proposal that the West Liao basin was the Neolithic homeland of a Transeurasian language family. Here, we examine the archaeolinguistic evidence used to associate millet farming dispersals with Proto-Macro-Koreanic, analysing the identification of population movements in the archaeological record, the role of small-scale cultivation in language dispersals, and Middle–Late Neolithic demography. We conclude that the archaeological evidence is consistent with the arrival and spread of Proto-Macro-Koreanic on the peninsula in association with millet cultivation in the Middle Neolithic. This dispersal of Proto-Macro-Koreanic occurred before an apparent population crash after 3000 BC, which can probably be linked with a Late Neolithic decline affecting many regions across northern Eurasia. We suggest plague (Yersinia pestis) as one possible cause of an apparently simultaneous population decline in Korea and Japan. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bafdcc55b54541149678fb9775281b612023-03-09T12:32:20ZengCambridge University PressEvolutionary Human Sciences2513-843X2020-01-01210.1017/ehs.2020.49Archaeolinguistic evidence for the farming/language dispersal of KoreanicMark J. Hudson0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9483-9303Martine Robbeets1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2860-0230Eurasia3angle Research Group, Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena 07745, GermanyEurasia3angle Research Group, Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena 07745, GermanyWhile earlier research often saw Altaic as an exception to the farming/language dispersal hypothesis, recent work on millet cultivation in northeast China has led to the proposal that the West Liao basin was the Neolithic homeland of a Transeurasian language family. Here, we examine the archaeolinguistic evidence used to associate millet farming dispersals with Proto-Macro-Koreanic, analysing the identification of population movements in the archaeological record, the role of small-scale cultivation in language dispersals, and Middle–Late Neolithic demography. We conclude that the archaeological evidence is consistent with the arrival and spread of Proto-Macro-Koreanic on the peninsula in association with millet cultivation in the Middle Neolithic. This dispersal of Proto-Macro-Koreanic occurred before an apparent population crash after 3000 BC, which can probably be linked with a Late Neolithic decline affecting many regions across northern Eurasia. We suggest plague (Yersinia pestis) as one possible cause of an apparently simultaneous population decline in Korea and Japan.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2513843X20000493/type/journal_articleArchaeolinguisticsNeolithicagricultureKoreaTranseurasianYersinia pestis |
| spellingShingle | Mark J. Hudson Martine Robbeets Archaeolinguistic evidence for the farming/language dispersal of Koreanic Evolutionary Human Sciences Archaeolinguistics Neolithic agriculture Korea Transeurasian Yersinia pestis |
| title | Archaeolinguistic evidence for the farming/language dispersal of Koreanic |
| title_full | Archaeolinguistic evidence for the farming/language dispersal of Koreanic |
| title_fullStr | Archaeolinguistic evidence for the farming/language dispersal of Koreanic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Archaeolinguistic evidence for the farming/language dispersal of Koreanic |
| title_short | Archaeolinguistic evidence for the farming/language dispersal of Koreanic |
| title_sort | archaeolinguistic evidence for the farming language dispersal of koreanic |
| topic | Archaeolinguistics Neolithic agriculture Korea Transeurasian Yersinia pestis |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2513843X20000493/type/journal_article |
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