Pre-Austronesian foragers

Pre-Austronesian foragers appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Java and Eastern Indonesia (Southeast Asia) from c. 3200 to 1500 BCE, a span of more than 1,700 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Foragers descended from the first modern humans in the islands, including the Toalean culture of south Sulawesi with its small stone arrowheads, lived across Java and Wallacea before Austronesian farmers arrived.

See Pre-Austronesian foragers on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: c. 3200 to 1500 BCE
Duration: more than 1,700 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Java and Eastern Indonesia, Southeast Asia
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered

Events in Southeast Asia during its time

2200 BCE Austronesians reach the Philippines

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, Europe
Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia
Old Kingdom of Egypt c. 2686 to 2181 BCE, North and West Africa
New Kingdom of Egypt c. 1550 to 1069 BCE, North and West Africa
Old Babylonian Empire 1894 to 1595 BCE, Middle East
Akkadian Empire c. 2334 to 2154 BCE, Middle East

Questions

When did Pre-Austronesian foragers exist?

c. 3200 to 1500 BCE, about more than 1,700 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Pre-Austronesian foragers?

Java and Eastern Indonesia, in Southeast Asia.

What language did Pre-Austronesian foragers speak?

Unknown or undeciphered. This family includes Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages.