Maritime Asia and Oceania have been known as the area with the most advanced marine adaptation in the history of human dispersal. During the late Pleistocene, the development of seafaring technology and the utilization of diverse marine resources played a role in migrations to places like Wallacea and the Sahul continent. Additionally, archaeological evidence increasingly confirms that in island environments such as Wallacea and the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, tools and resource utilization evolved in response to limited local resources. On the other hand, since the Holocene, rising sea levels caused by warming, along with the expansion of coral reefs and mangrove forests, have led to further developments in human maritime adaptation. Human migrations and movements have also become more active since the Holocene, with the transportation and networking of resources like obsidian over long distances becoming evident. Moreover, from the Neolithic onward, various subsistence strategies and material cultures developed that enabled sustainable existence on remote islands, as seen in the expansion into Oceania by Austronesian-speaking peoples. This session will discuss technologies including boats and ships, and adaptations related to human migration across the maritime world from a historical perspective, focusing on archaeological findings and resource use in island environments.