Early Kuduk Migrations
The Early Kuduk Migrations is a hypothesis surrounding a series of migrations of the Early Kuduk peoples, who spread from an origin point around the southern coast of Central Sagut across much of the isles. Throughout the migrations, the Early Kuduk peoples culturally diversified and influenced each other as they migrated.
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Most evidence supporting the hypothesis is archaeological, specifically in the form of artifacts that were recovered surrounding the areas touched by the migration paths that were remarkably similar to one another, suggesting a common cultural origin. The origin point of the Early Kuduk peoples was located around the southwestern point of the modern-day Manirak Tribe; however, attempts to correlate the expected pathways of the migrations to the expansion and evolution of Kuduk’s language have been inconclusive. While the migrations are widely accepted to have happened, the lack of linguistic evidence supporting it renders its status as just a hypothesis.
The migrations are believed to have taken place between 3300 BCE and 900 BCE, spanning from the beginning of the Bronze Age to near the beginning of the Classical Age. Evidence points to there being a split early on near the migration’s starting point with one group migrating westward and the second migrating northeast. The first group later split once again with one group staying behind (group number 5) and the other continuing around the western coast of Kuduk all the way to the far north (group number seven). The second group to split off from the origin point branched off into groups two, three, and four. Group three settled near the modern-day Arakuk Tribe in central Kakut, group two migrated toward eastern Sagut, and group four sailed to Northern Heiki. Another group (group six) split off from group four and migrated along the western coast of Heiki all the way to its southernmost point.