Austronesian expansion from Taiwan into the Philippines and Remote Oceania (c.3000–500 BCE)

1. Dapenkeng Neolithic spreads around Taiwan

   Jan 1, 4000 BCELabels: Dapenkeng culture, Taiwan coasts

   • Britannica
   • Taiwan Prehistory

2. Neolithic seafaring foundations develop in Taiwan

   Jan 1, 3500 BCELabels: Dapenkeng culture, Taiwan maritime

   • Taiwan Prehistory
   • Dapenkeng

3. Out-of-Taiwan dispersal begins toward the Philippines

   Jan 1, 3000 BCELabels: Out of, Philippines

   • Migration Models
   • Dapenkeng

4. Batanes becomes a key migration stepping-stone

   Jan 1, 2500 BCELabels: Batanes Islands, Neolithic technology

   • Natl Museum PH
   • Ivatan Origins

5. Early settlers spread through northern and central Philippines

   Jan 1, 2000 BCELabels: Luzon Philippines, Austronesian settlers

   • Migration Models
   • Guam History

6. Taiwan nephrite enters Philippine exchange networks

   Jan 1, 1800 BCELabels: Fengtian nephrite, Philippine ornaments

   • Natl Museum PH
   • Ivatan Origins

7. Lapita cultural complex emerges in Near Oceania

   Jan 1, 1600 BCELabels: Lapita complex, Near Oceania

   • Britannica Lapita
   • Smarthistory Lapita

8. First Remote Oceania colonization reaches the Marianas

   Jan 1, 1500 BCELabels: Mariana Islands, Philippine migrants

   • Britannica Pacific
   • Guam History

9. Lapita expansion moves into western Pacific archipelagos

   Jan 1, 1200 BCELabels: Lapita expansion, Solomon Islands

   • Britannica Lapita
   • Smarthistory Lapita

10. Lapita reaches Fiji and Western Polynesia

    Jan 1, 1000 BCELabels: Fiji Tonga, Lapita settlers

    • Britannica Lapita
    • Kirch UCLA

11. Founder settlement established at Nukuleka, Tonga

    Jan 1, 888 BCELabels: Nukuleka Tonga, Founder settlement

    • PLoS One PMC
    • Radiocarbon PMC

12. Lapita horizon ends, leaving lasting Oceanic legacies

    Jan 1, 500 BCELabels: Lapita horizon, Oceanic legacy

    • Britannica Lapita
    • Smarthistory Lapita