一前言现代之前,中南半岛(大陆东南亚)与马来世界之间1,几乎只能靠海洋来联系。南太平洋群岛人的早期迁移,或许会是这些最早的海上航行的一部分,但无法找到任何可证实的文献记载,唯有考古记录可以证明。但可以肯定的是,亚洲地区远距离的航行开始于很早的时期。1996年,《科学》上报道了马来西亚理工大学的Stephen Chia和南佛罗里达州大学的Robert Tykot就马来西亚沙巴州的骷髅山(Bukit Tengkorak)范围内发 I. INTRODUCTION Before the present age, the relationship between the Indochina Peninsula (mainland China, Southeast Asia) and the Malay world was almost exclusively connected by the sea. The early migration of South Pacific Islanders may be part of these earliest sea voyages but no verifiable documentation can be found, as evidenced by archaeological records. But what is certain is that the long-distance voyage in Asia started very early. In 1996, Science reported on Stephen Chia of Malaysia Polytechnic University and Robert Tykot of the University of South Florida on the Bukit Tengkorak range in Sabah, Malaysia