Contents -- Foreword -- About the Authors -- Part I Historical Approaches -- Migration History: Multidisciplinary Approaches -- Part II Biological Approaches -- Population Genetics and the Migration of Modern Humans (Homo Sapiens) -- A Brief Introduction to a Geochemical Method Used in Assessing Migration in Biological Anthropology -- Part III Linguistic Approaches -- Prehistoric Migration and Colonisation Processes in Oceania: A View from Historical Linguistics and Archaeology -- Linguistic Testimony and Migration Histories -- The Archaeo-Linguistics of Migration -- Part IV Anthropological Approaches -- Ancient Immigrants: Archaeology and Maritime Migrations -- The Family Factor in Migration Decisions -- References -- Index on Names of Authors -- Geographical and Languages Index -- Subject Index.