Tulang

Tulang is an island in the province of Cebu. Located east of Cebu Island and west of Leyte Island.

Tulang is a part of brgy Esperanza in the municipality of San Francisco. Tulang islet (known locally as Tulang Diot) is a five-minute boat ride from Tulang Dako on the main island of Pacijan. The islet is almost entirely covered with coconut palms: the residential area is confined to a small triangle at the southern end. It measures about 1.6 by 0.6 kilometres (1.0 by 0.4 mi), total area about 40 ha (99 acres), of which only 3.5 ha (8.6 acres)(8.8%) is inhabited.

Protohistory

Carl Guthe, director of the University of Michigan Anthropological Museum, during his 1923-25 collecting trip and explorations of archaeological sites in the Philippines, conducted an archeological dig in a cave site on Tulang. Located on the southeastern coast of the island, the cave measures about 3.7 by 2.7 metres (12 by 9 feet). Guthe reported it to contain bone fragments and teeth of about 60 individuals. Associated grave goods included earthenware pottery, shell bracelets, bronze and iron artefacts (iron tang, bronze chisel, iron blade), glass and stone beads, hammerstone and pestle. Filed teeth were also recovered from this site.