This is a print on demand publication. Thse papers are from two symposia at the APS, and the Univ. of PA Museum. Contents: "Intro., " by Ward Goodenough, "The Pre-Austronesian Settlement of Island Melanesia: Implications for Lapita Archaeology, " by Jim Allen, "Austronesian Culture History: The Windows of Language, " by Robert Blust, "Archaeology of SE China and Its Bearing on the Austronesian Homeland, " by Kwang-chih Chang and Ward Goodenough, "Lapita and Its Aftermath: The Austronesian Settlement of Oceania, " by Patrick Kirch, "Colonizing an Island World, " by Ben Finney, and "Beyond the Austronesian Homeland: The Austric Hypothesis and Its Implications for Archaeology, " by Robert Blust. Illustrations. Second Printing, 1998