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Comment on "South Asia—Perennial Backwater or Object of Biased Assessment: A Discussion Based on Current Archaeological, Anthropological, and Genetic Evidence"

Comment on "South Asia—Perennial Backwater or Object of Biased Assessment: A Discussion Based... comme Nt s South Asia — Perennial Backwater or Object of Biased Assessment: A Discussion Based on Current Archaeological, Anthropological, and Genetic Evidence Comment by Peter Bellwood, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia t he article by V arun s ingh (2010) in Asian Perspectives issue 49-1 seeks to defend s outh Asia against perceived imputations of perennial backwardness. Defenses of this type always gain in strength when the advocate actually reads the articles or books he or she wishes to condemn. I cannot defend all of the authors who stand accused in this highly selective summary of evidence (mostly archaeology and physical anthro- pology, not comparative linguistics), but I do need to defend myself against three completely gratuitous misquotations. o n page 131 of s ingh’s article, c olin Renfrew and I stand accused of using a model of “deemic diffusion” (sic) to claim that “. . . the Fertile c rescent’s overflowing population colonized the rest of the world in a single sweep, spreading in an orderly fashion carrying with it farming technology and an entirely new language.” A careful reading of my First Farmers ( Bellwood 2005) will not come across any http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Perspectives University of Hawai'I Press

Comment on "South Asia—Perennial Backwater or Object of Biased Assessment: A Discussion Based on Current Archaeological, Anthropological, and Genetic Evidence"

Bellwood, Peter S.
Asian Perspectives , Volume 51 (1) – Dec 18, 2013
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comme Nt s South Asia — Perennial Backwater or Object of Biased Assessment: A Discussion Based on Current Archaeological, Anthropological, and Genetic Evidence Comment by Peter Bellwood, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia t he article by V arun s ingh (2010) in Asian Perspectives issue 49-1 seeks to defend s outh Asia against perceived imputations of perennial backwardness. Defenses of this type always gain in strength when the advocate actually reads the articles or books he or she wishes to condemn. I cannot defend all of the authors who stand accused in this highly selective summary of evidence (mostly archaeology and physical anthro- pology, not comparative linguistics), but I do need to defend myself against three completely gratuitous misquotations. o n page 131 of s ingh’s article, c olin Renfrew and I stand accused of using a model of “deemic diffusion” (sic) to claim that “. . . the Fertile c rescent’s overflowing population colonized the rest of the world in a single sweep, spreading in an orderly fashion carrying with it farming technology and an entirely new language.” A careful reading of my First Farmers ( Bellwood 2005) will not come across any

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Published: Dec 18, 2013

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