Bellwood, Peter2025-05-232025-05-2397818572853799781040283462ORCID:/0000-0001-6033-9629/work/184098709http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85210656402&partnerID=8YFLogxKhttps://hdl.handle.net/1885/733752485Since I began my oceanic research in the late 1960s I have been intrigued by the many ways through which the study of language can illuminate prehistory. More recently I have become even more intrigued by the possibility that links exist between major language-family distributions and the origins and spreads of agriculture.34enPublisher Copyright: © David R. Harris and contributors, 1996.2024-01-0110.4324/9781003579861-2985210656402