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Wilhelm Solheim II's statue in the ASP-UP Library. Wilhelm G. Solheim II (1924–2014) was an American anthropologist [1] recognized as the most senior practitioner of archaeology in Southeast Asia and as a pioneer in the study of Philippine and Southeast Asian prehistoric archaeology. [2]
Nusantao is an artificial term coined by Solheim, derived from the Austronesian root words nusa "island" and tao "man, people". [1] Solheim's theory is an alternative hypothesis to the spread of the Austronesian language family in Southeast Asia. It contrasts the more widely accepted Out-of-Taiwan hypothesis (OOT) by Peter Bellwood. [1] [2] [3]
A notable model among the "Out of Sundaland" hypothesis is Wilhelm Solheim II's "Nusantao Maritime Trading and Communication Network" (NMTCN). It posited an alternative model based on maritime movement of people over different directions and routes.
Wilhelm G. Solheim I (1898–1978) was a botanist after whom the Wilhelm G. Solheim Mycological Herbarium at the University of Wyoming is named. He issued the exsiccata series Mycoflora Saximontanensis exsiccata (1934–1957), several fascicles (cent.) with George Baker Cummins.
Wilhelm Solheim conducted the first archaeological excavations in the Philippines after World War II. His fieldwork was mostly conducted in mainland and island Southeast Asia, as well as the Pacific Islands. Solheim was a professor of Anthropology at the University of Hawaii from 1967 to 1991. [2]
In 1949, he was joined by Wilhelm Solheim, who was known in the Philippines for finding various pottery at different archaeological sites. In the 1960s, Robert B. Fox did archaeological work in the Philippines and is most famous for his research in the Tabon Caves . [ 2 ]
While Solheim noted that the specimens may 'merely be wild species gathered from the surrounding countryside', he claimed that the inhabitants at Spirit Cave had 'an advanced knowledge of horticulture'. Solheim's chronological chart suggests that 'incipient agriculture' began at about 20,000 BC in southeast Asia. He also suggests that ceramic ...
Solheim is a surname. People with the surname include: Eirik Solheim ... Wilhelm Solheim (1924–2014), American anthropologist specializing in Southeast Asia;