nAustronesian
began life as a purely linguistic conception and has gradually
become a more rounded entity, embracing
archaeology, anthropology, material culture and
genetics.
nSpecialists
in any discipline, who are concerned with diachronic matters, can no
longer live in isolation
nFor this reason, it is now quite legitimate to identify
the wide-ranging migrations of the Austronesians well beyond their
attested linguistic boundaries
AUSTRONESIANS