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Batanes and Orchid Island (Lan-yu)
Cultural Influence Time Line
| Date Start |
Date End |
Location |
Description |
| Prehistory |
1600 BCE |
Batanes Islands |
Ongoing research. |
| 1600 BCE |
500 BCE |
Taiwan to Itbayat
Island |
Sunget Phase, prolific
evidence for Neolithic settlements from eastern Taiwan, presumably
as a part of the same process that lay behind the Neolithic
movement from Taiwan to Luzon. |
| 500 BCE |
500/ 1000 CE |
Taiwan to Itbayat Island |
Naidi Phase, import of slate and
jade from Taiwan, the jade being locally manufactured into artifacts
at Anaro, combined with continuing cultural diversification
between Taiwan and Batanes. The Batanes by this time perhaps
remained in frequent contact with northern Luzon, altough precise
documentation of this is currently elusive. |
| 1000 CE |
1687 |
Luzon to Itbayat, Batan, Sabtang |
Rakwaydi Phase, ethnographic Ivatan
and Itbayaten cultures. People from Luzon of the Cagyan Valley
(Lambak ng Cagayan) migrated bringing a distinct language and
culture also. |
| 1300 |
1700 |
Itbayat to Orchid Island |
People from Itbayat migrated to
Orchid Island. Then around 1700 Orchid Islanders stop return
voyaging in their own boats. |
| 1783 |
|
Philippines to Batan |
Annexation of Batanes by the Spanish
Colonial State in the Philippines. Basco established in Batan
as the provincial capital. Batan becomes more populated than
Itbayat. |
| 1900 |
Current |
Batan to Orchid Island |
In more recent times, people from
Batan Island migrate to Orchid Island. |
| 1990 |
Current |
Between Batanes and Orchid Island |
In the past decade trans-Bashi
Channel and cross-cultural exchange has increased for research
in archaeology, diplomacy at the country/provincial level,
world heritage site proposals, and people to people visits. |
See work of Peter
Bellwood, for more information on migration and cultural sequences.
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