Philippine jade culture

rdf:langString Philippine jade culture

rdf:langString Philippine jade culture

rdf:langString c.2000 BC – c. 500 AD

rdf:langString late Neolithic to early iron Age

rdf:langString Batanes, Luzon and Palawan areas.

rdf:langString Philippine jade Culture or Jade Artifacts, made from white and green nephrite and dating as far back as 2000–1500 BC, have been discovered at a number of archeological excavations in the Philippines since the 1930s. The artifacts have been both tools like chisels, and ornaments such as lingling-o earrings, bracelets and beads. The green nephrite has been traced to a deposit near the modern Hualien City in eastern Taiwan. The source of the white nephrite is unknown. The jade was worked in the Philippines, especially in Batanes, Luzon, and Palawan. Some was also processed in Vietnam, while the peoples of Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, and Cambodia also participated in one of the most extensive sea-based trade networks of a single geological material in the prehistoric world. It was in existence for at least 3,000 years, where its peak production was from 2000 BC to 500 AD, older than the Silk Road in mainland Eurasia or the Maritime Silk Road. It began to wane during its final centuries from 500 AD until 1000 AD.

rdf:langString Austronesian expansion

rdf:langString Ancient barangays