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The peopling of the Philippines: A cartographic synthesis Jean-Christophe Gaillard and Joel P. Mallari Abstract: This paper aims to plot cartographically the different theories proposed to explain the peopling of the Philippines. The first map locates the existing Pleistocene and Paleolithic archaeological sites while the next seven figures compile the different theories dealing with the evolution or dispersal of the Austronesian speakers. A final figure tends to summarize and formalize the different approaches of the Austronesian dispersal. Introduction The way the Philippine islands