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Origins and migrations in the extended eastern Himalayas

Table of Contents: “…Post -- Glimpses of the Ethnolinguistic Prehistory of Northeastern India / George van Driem -- Origin and Migration Myths in the Rhetoric of Naga Independence and Collective Identity / Marion Wettstein -- Oral Histories and the "Origins" of Current Peoples : Dynamic Ethnogenesis, with Remarks upon the Limitations of Language-Family Subgrouping / F.K.L. Chit Hlaing -- Cords and Connections : Ritual and Spatial Integration in the Jinghpaw Cultural Zone / Mandy Sadan -- Origin and Return : Genesis and the Souls of the Dead in Naxi Myth and Ritual / Charles F. …”
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Rethinking the Andes–Amazonia Divide : A cross-disciplinary exploration

Table of Contents: “…-- Conclusions -- 1.2 Linguistics -- Language lessons on the Andes-Amazonia divide -- Language families: Origins, expansions, migrations and divergence -- Contact and linguistic areas: Interaction and convergence out of diverse origins…”
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Rethinking the Andes–Amazonia Divide : A cross-disciplinary exploration

Table of Contents: “…-- Conclusions -- 1.2 Linguistics -- Language lessons on the Andes-Amazonia divide -- Language families: Origins, expansions, migrations and divergence -- Contact and linguistic areas: Interaction and convergence out of diverse origins…”
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