Jury-Aucust, 1947 Vo. 77, Nos, 3 & 4 ARITA “ye PRINTING BUREAU a> Fe & 4 3 3 = SCIENTIE! SeLinFoauNel3THE PHILIPPINE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE Vou. 7 JULY-AUGUST, 1947 Nos, 3-4 OUTLINE REVIEW OF PHILIPPINE ARCHAEOLOGY BY ISLANDS AND PROVINCES By H. Oxuey Bayer OF the Museum and Institute of Archacology and Buoplogy University of tke Philippines . TWENTY-TWO PLATES AND TWO TEXT FIGURES INTRODUCTION A geographical outline of what has been actually accomplished in Philippine archacological exploration has long been needed, An adequate account of the finds themselves would easily fill two or three printed volumes, but the bresent paper is merely an effort to furnish a guide outline of actual accomplishment, based either on personal examination of specimens found or on Yeported finds of a reliable nature. The areas discussed are arranged geographically, from north to south as far as possible; and, for convenience, some closely related outside areas, not properly belonging to the Philippine Archipelago, are also in- eluded. The authorities for the various finds are usually cited, and, where no names are mentioned, it may be generally assumed that the finds were made by myself or by workmen operating under my direction. So far as practicable, the data under each geographical heading have been arranged chronologically or typologically, but this arrangement has not been rigidly adhered to if inconvenient. The object has been merely to furnish the essential information concerning each province or island in the briefest practical way, with uniformity of presentation followed only where convenient under the circumstances. History—Only two important archaeological investigations had been carried out prior to 1926: (1) Alfred Marche’s explo- ration of Mavinduque Island, from April to July, 1881; and ams 205 NEN TCT, —-__ST112-8726206 The Philippine Journal of Science wr (2) Dr. Carl E, Guthe’s work in the central V. 1922-1924. While many accidental fints had been recorded from time to time, and a few burial-caves and other sites had been casually explored by Ruropean or Joel scientists, no really systematic work had been done anywhere, except for the eiforis of Marche and Guthe. M. L, Miller and Fr, D. Burdett had explored burial mounds in the Babuyan Islands; E. 2B, Christie had collected from the burial-caves around Dapitan and in the Zamboanga Peninsula; Miller and Parker, similarly from northern Panay; and Hartendorp, from eastern Samar. Dean C. Worcester had collected eeladon porcelains from burial-sites jn Cebu, and some of his employees also from Samar, Siquijor, and other islands; while E, de Mitkiewicz collected numerous jars and other ceramics from both Cebu and Luzon. None of this work was very scientifically done, however, and the chief re- suits were miscellaneous collections of ceramics and skeletal material. In 1923-1924 I attempted a compilation of all known data on true Philippine Stone-Age finds, and after a very diligent search of the literature, as well as an examination of all rumored finds, I was able finally to aecumuiate data on some 60 imple- ments that scemed to be genuine prehistoric Stone-Age arti- facts. Of these, 1 acquired or personally examined about 3v yeal Neolithic implements, scattered over a wide geographic range, from Davao te northern Luzon. Most of these tools were obviously Middle or Late Neolithic in type, but they were sufficient to show that we had a true Late Stone-Age population here, even if the remains were scarce and widely scattered. Doctor Guthe's work had added only six ox seven specimens to the list of known Neolithic artifacts—the first two Visayan Is- Jands specimens being the very good implements obtained in 1920 by Dr. Warren D. Smith from a cave in Masbate. How- ever, our combined efforts offered sufficient refutation of the commonly repeated statement in books about the Philippines prior to 1920 that the Islands had never had a true Stone-Age population. Such was the state of affaiys down to 1926, when the for- tuitous discoveries at the Novaliches Dam (Rizal Province) ushered in a new era in Philippine archaeology. Since that time systematic work has been going on continuously, except as interrupted by the war during the greater part of 1g42-1945. Naturally, however, there have been variations in the degree206 The Philippine Journal of Seience wir (2) Dr. Carl E. Guthe’s work in the central Visayan Islands, 1922-1924. While many accidental finds had been reeorded from time to time, and a few burial-caves and other sites had been casually explored by Kuropean or local scientists, no really systematic work had been done anywhere, except for the efforts of Marche and Guthe. M. L. Miller and F. D. Burdett had explored burial mounds in the Babuyan Islands; B. B. Christie had collected from the burial-caves around Dapitan and in the Zamboanga Peninsula; Miller and Parker, similarly from northern Panay; and Hartendorp, from eastern Samar. Dean C. Worcester had collected eeladon porcelains from burial-sites in Cebu, and some of his employees also from Samar, Siquijor, and other isiands; while E. de Mitkiewicz collected numerous jars and other ceramics from both Cebu and Luzon, None of this work was very scientifically done, however, and the chief re- sults were miscellaneous collections of ceramics and skeletal material. In 1923-1924 I attempted a compilation of all known data on true Philippine Stone-Age finds, and afler a very diligent search of the literature, as well as an examination of all rumored finds, I was able finally to accumulate data on some 60 imple- ments that seemed to be genuine prehistoric Stone-Age arti- facts. Of these, I acquired or personally examined about 3¢ real Neolithic implements, scattered over a wide geographic range, from Davao to northern Luzon, Most of these tools were obviously Middle or Late Neolithic in type, but they were sufficient to show that we had a true Late Stone-Age population here, even if the remains were scarce and widely scattered. Doetor Guthe’s work had added only six or seven specimens to the list of known Neolithic artifacts—the first two Visayan Is- lands specimens being the very good implements obtained in 1920 by Dr. Warren D. Smith from a cave in Masbate. How- ever, our combined efforts offered sufficient refutation of the commonly repeated statement in books about the Philippines prior to 1920 that the Islands had never had a true Stone-Age population. Such was the state of affairs down to 1926, when the for- tuitous discoveries at the Novaliches Dam (Rizal Provinee) ushered in a new era in Philippine archaeology. Since that time systematic work has been going on continuously, except as interrupted by the war during the greater part of 1942-1945. Naturally, however, there have been variations in the degree24 Beyer: Outline Review of Philippine Archaeology 207 of activity, and my own chief occupation with the work may be classified briefly as follows: 1, Rizal Province Archacological Survey (1926-1930). 2, Visayan Islands collecting (1929-1933, 1936-1939, 1941, espe- cially). 8, Batangas Archacological Survey (1932~1941). 4, Special Pugad-Babuy (Bulakan) eoliection (1993-1938, espe- cially). 5. Special Santa Mesa and Kubao collections, Rizal Province (1935-1940). 6, Several small collections at intermediate intervals (see espe- cially Pampanga, Busuanga, Camarines Norte, Cavite, Zam- bales, Sulu, and other places), . Usefy] comparative data and material were obtained during the three meetings of our Far Eastern Prehistoric Congress (Hanoi, 1932; Manila, 1935; and Singapore, 1988—the 4th planned meeting at Hongkong, 1941, being prevented by the war), Also from the visits of various noted foreign scientists to our sites (especially during and after the F. E. P. C. meeting at Manila in 1935). The importance of correlating Philippine archacological data with those from South China, Hongkong, and Formosa, on the north; Indo-China, on the west; the Pa- cific islands, on the east; and from Borneo, the Dutch East Indies, and the Malay Peninsula, on the south, was especially brought out during these visits and Congress meetings. It is obviously not practical to add all of these areas (espe- cially the more remote ones) to our present outline; but, for convenient comparative reference, I have included South China, Hongkong, and Formosa, on the north, and Borneo and Celebes on the south, The oufline itself is more or less self-explanatory. It is further planned to publish, in the near future, more ex- tended accounts of some of the more interesting sites mentioned in this outline, with full discussion of the collections, and an attempt at interpreting their significance. Such papers will be accompanied by adequate illustrations and pertinent biblio- graphic data, which the pian of the present outline necessarily excludes. Chronology and horizon lists —The oldest artifacts, or man- made stone implements, yet found in the Philippines have been dated by associated fossils as coming within the Mid-Pleistocene geologic period—a time that most modern geologists estimate to be not less than 250,000 to 300,000 years ago, This oldest horizon has, so far, been identified only in Rizal, Bulacan, Batangas, and Davao Provinces.208 The Philippine Journal of Science wT The full list of subsequent Stone-Age and later horizons may be tabulated as follows (the tentative dates given to be regarded as fair estimates only): Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age}: Barly type (Middle Pleistocene); as above. Later type (Late Pleistocene) ; between 159,000 and 60,000 n. c. Mesolithic (Middfe Stone Age)—(larly to Late Post-Pleistocenc) : Large implement culture; perhaps 20,000 to 15,000 #, c. Semimieroliths and microliths: 12,000 to 8,000 8. c. Neolithic (New Stone Age)—(Recent) : Protoncolithic (Bacsonian) } perhaps 5000-4000 B. o. Early (round or oval axe-adze cultures) ; 4000-2250 ». \. Middle (shouldered and ridged axe-ndze cultures) 1760 B. ©.) Late (rectangular and trapezvidal adze cultures)’; (1750- 250 B. c.). Firat phase (Early Nephrite Culture); (1750-1250 b,c. 2). Second phase (transitional types dominant); (1250-800 B. G}+ ‘Third phase (early “stepped” types, ete); (800-500 nC). Fourth phase (fully stopped implements; with sawing, hole-boring, and “jade-eut” jewelry, etc.; with some imported Greek-culture beads and coins) ; 500-200 x. c. Bronze Age: (Mixed with 2nd to 4th phase of the Late Neolithic) ; about 800-250 8. ¢. Prehistoric Iron Age: (about 250-200 u. © to 9th century a. D.): Early (incised pottery, without slip covering); (200 B. c. to about 300 4, D.). Late (slip-covered and molded pottery) ; (about 300-850 a. v.). Jar-burial culture: (Contemporary with Late Iron Age); xbout 300-850 a. D, (Pre-Poreelain, in Philippines). Poreclain Age: (Pre-Spanish: Sth to 16th century 4. D.): Early monochrome period (Tang and Early Sung); 9th- 12th century. Later monochrome period (Southern Sung and Yuan) } 13th— 14th eontury. Early Ming period (13th and early 16th centuries). Late Ming period (ate 16th and early 17th eenturies). Spanish period remains: (Histories 17th-10th century): Enrly (1565 to British occupation in middle 18th century). Late (1765 to 1208). Source of data.—Most of the facts contained in the present paper have been derived from two major sources: First, a six- volume work compiled by myself and entitled “Philippine A chacology” (1926-1947), containing 55 separate papers a list17, G4 Beyer: Outline Review of Philippine Archaeology 209 of which may be added as an appendix to the present “Outline.” Second, a two-volume work by myself entitled “Chinese and Southest Asia Ceramic Wares found in the Philippines” (1939- 1940), containing approximately 800 typewritten pages. In addition to these two manuseript works, the catalogues of the various collections have been utilized where necessary. Any citation of data from other authors is duly eredited in the text. A. SOUTH CHINA TO LUZON , 1. Hoifung areas Kwangtung Province, South China: Early Neolithic (oval axe-adze culture), (Advaneed types.) Middle Neolithic (shouldered and eavly ridged axeradze forms) ; characteristic types, most common in site, {ate Neolithic: Early and transitional type only; a few stepped specimens with ground butts, no sawing; stone spearheads in two areas, but only 2 few rare specimens are perforated. (No jade culture found.) Neolithic coxd-marked and net-marked pottery in part of aren. Chou to Han stamped or molded hard pottery (scarce, and limited in area). Workers.—D, J, Finn and R. Maglioni. 2. Hongkong, Lamma Island, and New Territory areas: Limited areas of Late Palaeolithic and large implement Mesolithie cultures. Barly Neolithie (widely senttered, and including some primitive Baesonian types). Middle and Late Nealithie types (limited distribution, and speci- mens searce); including a few showldercd specimens, severat transitionals, and two or three fully stepped specimens —but not sawn, (With limited jade culture, and hole-boring; both scare.) Also quartz-disk eultare, Neolithic cord-marked and netemarked pottery in Lamma Island area; searee elsewhere, Chou to Han stamped and molded hard pottery (plentiful); with limited bronzes (including celts and spearheads, similar to Indo-China types and to Batangas), Early glazed poreellaneous wares (Han to Tang); in considerable quantities, in severst different areas, (Many with potter's marks on base.) Early Ming sherds or midden dumps in certain specific aveas (usually marking early Evropesn tyade-centers and residence areas), Workers.—C. M. Heanley, J, L, Shellshear, D, J. Finn, W. Scho field, and R. Magiioni. 3. Formosa Island (Taiwan): (Certain possible palacoliths found with Pleistocene mammalian fossils; of rhinoceros, stegodon, ete, (See notes by I. Hayasaka, 1942.)210 The Philippine Journal of Science 197 Barly Neolithic, (round or oval axe-adze eutturc); plentiful at certain limited areas in northern part of Island. Middle Neolithic (shouldered and ridged axe-ndze forms); typici! of Maruyama Site, Taihoku, and a few other places. Late Neclithic: The usual carly trapezoidal adze forms, and fow transitional stepped forma; spearheads: limited hole-boring, hot sawn forms absent or very searce. (Jade culture present in specific areas, according to Kano.) Bronze-Age remains scarce (but known from limited apecifie areas in several parts of Island). Neolithic pottery reported, but authenticity doubtful. (Records lacking for true Iron-Age and Poreclain-Age sites; but some undoubtedly exist, and many rare Ivon-Age beads are found treasured among the pagan mountain peoples, who arc close kin to the pagans of northern Luzon.) Chinese historical records indicate Visayan settlements ix south- ‘ern Formosa as estly as the 12th century or before (see Hirth and Rockhill; ete.). Workers—T. H. Linn, N. Utsurikawa, Eri Asui, Tadao Kano, and others. 4. Samasama Islund (Kasho-té) near castern Formosa coast) = Late Neolithic (with jade-culture ornaments, and some bronze). Jar-burial culture (of the Batancs-Babuyan type?). Worker.—Tadao Kano. 5, Bolet Tobaga Island (Koto-sho) : Early Neolithie (oval adze culture) ; a few specimens only. Late Neolithic; regular plain-backed rectangular and trapezoidal ‘axe-adze forms only; no shouldered or stepped forms yet found, but limited jade culture present. Jar-burial euliure (similar to Batanes-Babuyan type). Chinese historieal records of 12th-13th century refer to this Island as “T’on-ma-yon” (or, in Cantonese, “Tam-ba-gan”}; sce Hirth and Rockhill. (Natives show cultural and linguistic kinship to the Ivatan; but in physical type, and in their stone-walled terrace culture, they most resemble the Bontok group of northern Luzon.) Workers—Brin Asai, 2. Torii, Tadao Kano, and K. E, Stewart. (For stone implements, sce also B, R. Leach, 1988.) 6. Batanes Islands (sites ecanined all being on Batan Island} (No true Stone-Age remains have yet been recovered; and no bronze, but certain very old ornaments of Bronze-Age forms, and certain imported Greek-culture and Bactrian beads, may £0 back to a Bronze or very carly Eron-culture period.) Jar-turial eulture.—-First discovered and explored by Pio Mon- tenegro in 1981-1035, and is perhaps the oldest jar-burial type in the Philippines—going backs to the early centuries of the Christian Era. The jars ore largor and of somewhat different shape than those found in the Babuyan Islands and south- wards. Several large-size burial-jars were first exeavated in210 The Philippine Journal of Science 197 Barly Neolithic, (round or oval axe-adze culture); plentiful at certain Himited areas in northern part of Island. Middle Neolithic (shouldered and ridged axe-adze forms) ; typicul of Maruyama Site, Taihoku, and a few other places. Late Neolithic: The usual early trapezoidal adze forms, and a few transitional stepped forms; spearheads; limited hole-boring, but sawn forms absent or very scarce. (Jade culture present in specifie areas, according to Kano.) Bronze-Age remains scarce (but known from limited specific areas in several parts of Island). Neolithic pottery reported, but authenticity doubtfel. (Records lacking for true Tron-Age and Poreclain-Age sites; but some undoubtedly exist, and many rare Iron-Age beads are found treasured among the pagan mountain peoples, who are close kin to the pagans of northern Luzon.) Chinese historical reeords indicate Visayan settlements in south- ern Formosa as early as the 12th century or before (see Hirth and Rockhill; ete.). Workers—T. H. Lin, N. Utsurikawa, Erin Asai, Tadao Kano, and others, 4, Samasame Island (Kasho-t6) near eastern Ferimosa coast): Late Neolithic (with jade-culture ornaments, and some bronze). Jar-hurial culture {of the Batanes-Babuyan type?). Worker—Tadao Kano. 5. Botel Tobago Island (Kéto-sho) : Early Neolithic (oval adze eulture); a few specimens only. Late Neolithies regular plain-backed rectangular and trapezoidal axe-adze forms only; no shouldered or stepped forms yet found, ut limited jade culture present. Jar-burial culture (similar to Batanes-Babuyan type). Chinese historieal records of 12th=18th centary refer to this Island as “Tan-ma-yen” (or, in Cantonese, “Tam-ba-gan”); see Hirth and Rockhill. (Natives show cultural and Lingvistic kinship to the Ivatan; but in physical type, and in their stone-walled terrace culture, they most resemble the Bontok group of northern Luzon.) Workers—Etin Asai, R, Torii, Tadao Kano, and K. E, Stewart. {For stone implements, see also E. R, Leach, 1938.) G. Batones Islands (sites examined all being on Batan Island) : (No true Stone-Age remains have yet been recovered; and no ‘bronze, but certain very old ornaments of Bronze-Age forms, and certain imported Greck-culture and Bactrian beads, may go back to a Bronze or very early Eron-culture period.) Jor-burial euliure—First discovered and explored by Pio Mon- tenegro in 1931-1935, and is perhaps the oldest jar-burial type in the Philippines—going back to the early centuries of the Christian Era. ‘The jars are larger and of somewhat different shape than those found in the Babuyan Istands and south- wards, Several large-size burial-jars were first excavated in210 The Philippine Journal of Science sour Barly Neolithic, (round or oval axe-adze culture); plentiful a! certain limited areas in northern part of Island. Middle Neolithie (shouldered and ridged axe-ndze forms) ; typical of Maruyama Site, "Taihoku, and a Lew other places. Late Neolithic: The usual early trapezoidal adze forms, ond a few transitional stepped forms; spearheads; Jimited hole-Loring, ‘put sawn forms absent or very searee, (Jade eulture present in specific areas, according to Kano.) . Bronze-Age remains scarce (but known from limited specific areas in several parts of Island). Neolithic pottery reported, but authenticity doubtful. (Records lacking for true Iron-Age and Porcelain-Age sites; Lut some undoubtedly exist, and many rare Tron-Age beads are found treasured ‘among the pagan mountain peoples, who are Hose kin to the pagans of nerthern Luzon.) Chineze historical records indicate Visayan settlements in south. ern Formosa as early as the 12th century or before (see Hirth and Rockhill; etc.). Woerkers.—T. H. Linn, N. Utsurikawa, Erin Asai, Tadao Kano, and others. 4. Samasama Istand (Kesho-t8) near eastern Pormosa coast) + Late Neolithic (with jade-culture ornaments, and some bronze). Jamburial culture (of the Batanes-Babuyan type?). Worker.—Tadao Kano. §. Botel Tobago Island (Kété-sho) + Early Neolithic (oval adze culture) ; a few specimens only. Late Neolithic; regular plain-backed rectangular and traperoidal ‘axe-adze forms only; no shouldered or stepped forms yct found, ut limited jade culture present. Jar-burial culture (similar to Batanes-Babuyan type). Chinese historical records of 12th-13th century refer to this Isiand as “T’an-ma-yen” (or, in Cantonese, “Tam-ba-gan"); see Hirth and Rockhill. (Natives show cultural and linguistic kinship to the Tvatan; but in physical type, and in their stone-walled terrace culture, they most resemble the Bontok group of northern Luzon.) Workere.—Erin Asai, R. Torii, Tadao Kano, and K. E. Stewart (For stone implements, sec also H, R. Leach, 1938.) 6. Batanes Islands (sites examined all being on Botan Island): (No true Stone-Age remains have yet been recovered; and no bronze, but certain very old ornaments of Bronze-Age forms, and certain imported Greek-culinre and Bactrian beads, may go ‘ack to a Bronze or very carly Ivon-culture period.) Jarburial eulture—First discovered and explored by Pio Mon- tenegro in 1981-1935, and is perhaps the oldest jar-burial tyre in the Philippines—going back to the early centuries of the Christian Era. The jars are larger and of somewhat different shape than those found in the Baluyan Islands and south- wards, Several large-size burial-jara were first excavated in“34 Beyer; Outline Review of Philippine Archaeology 211 the site known as “Etbud," in the district of Uyugan, some distance to the southeast of Ivana. Five other iocalities were later investigated, and two of them produced typieal jar-burials from the peculiarly shaped mounds known as pade-paday by the local residents. The most interesting specimens were found in 1932 at the small site known as “Changrian,” in the north central part of the Island. The jax containing the body was usually first put into an excavation—sufficiently deep so that the top of the cover was seldom much above the ground level—and then the hole was filled in and covered with an earthen mound of some size (in the Babuyan Istands being still garther covered with a stono cairn). In most of the jars found the bones were already wholly disintegrated, but in a fow eases the tecth and some sizable bone-fragments still remained. The jars ake all made » of a thick half-baked hard pottery or a medium-soft stoneware, doubtless of local manufacture. ‘They rarely contain ornaments or other durable objects besides the body itself, though occasion- ally # few small beads and other ornaments have been found. Iron-Age sites:—~In two of the sites explored by Montenegro a very different type of buriat that seems to belong to a rather Jate but pre-Porcelain Iron Age was found. Here quantities of beads of Tron-Age types (including some typical paitdo}, some small iron tools or weapons, pieces of common pottery, and several very interesting gold ornaments, have been recovered, At Uyugan, in November, 1933, a similar grave was found that seems to be transitional to the Early Porcelain Age—seemingly containing elements from both eultures, Early Porcelain-Age sites—The true Porcelain-Age graves of Batan Island contain some of the earliest porcelain pieces yet found in the Philippines. Only in parts of the Sulu Archipelago, and in Site 7 of the Rizal Provinee exploration have equally old specimens turned up. (This type of ware is characterized by fn unusual proportion of white or light-colored pieces with incised or impressed designs of Late Tang and Early Sung - styles, Some of them are probably Yi-yao ware from Che- Kiang.) The midden fragments from such sites also contain a good many examples cf thin or mediam-thin stoneware jars, of various sizes, which also appear to be of Late Tang or Early Sung date, Later Porcelain-Age and historic finds—Several scattered acci- dental finds of celadon dishes and other pre-Spanish ceramic Bieces, and some interesting heirloom pieces from the early Spanish poried, are known not only from Batan Istand itscli but also from Itbayat and Sabtan. Some curious bead neck- ornaments, gold earrings and headbands, of undoubted pre- Spanish date, are still preserved among some of the wealthier families, (Search of old records by Dampier and the carly Dominican missionaries should be made for references to pre- Spanish culture.)212 197 The Philippine Journal of Science Workers-—Otto Scheerer, Pio Montenegro, Tadao Kane. (For ad- ditiona’ data on Batan Island, see Addendum.) 7, Babuyon Islands (Camiguin, Dalupiri, Fuge, Calayan, Bahuyar Clare) ¢ (No true Stone-Age or Bronze-Age remains yet recorded.) A Early or Middle Iron-Age sites—Some quite Early Hron-Age ry aime have been found, on Camiguin Island especially. Some Iumbermen, working there, have reported frequent finds of typieal Iren-Age burials, in the shallow excavations made for cgtablishing their camps, in “the now-forested eastern part of the Island. The descriptions given by several of the men jndicate that quantities of beads, bracelct fragments, potshers picees of iron tools and weapons, and other objects, were found in these graves. The few specimens that I have seen ‘were almost identical with the Iron-Age remains from Sites ‘A, © and H, in Rizal Provinec. (Further investigation shout be made here whenever opportunity offers.) Jor-burial euttwre—On all of the Babuyan Istands (except pos sibly Fuga) typieal early jar-burial remains have been found. Their presence is usually indfeated by stone cairns or earthen mounds—although in some inhabited areas cultivation hax dliminated the earthen mounds and the local people have some- times carried away the stones from the eairns {called “kun kan”) for building purposes, The least disturbed remains have been found on Camiguin, Dalupiri, and Babuyan Claro—where the present population is very sparse—but literally handreds of jar-burials are said to still exist in Calayan Island, where the population is considerably larger, (Parts of Fuga Island are also said, by Willeox, to contain jar-burials, but this report has not been satisfactorily verified.) The first serious exploration was made by Merton L. Miller, on Carsiguin Island in 1910, reported in a brief paper.' Many mounds were examined but only a few were excavated and the remains brought to Manila. Practically all of the jars were ford broken in the ground, and the skcletat remains entircly disintegrated. An interesting variation from Batan was the finding of smaller pieces of native pottery (usually with stands and motded rims) buried alongside the larger jars. Several of hese pieces were ecoverd whole, Some later and] amore suc- cessful work was done on the Isla F r cessful work was ind by Capt. F. D. Burdett, Calayan Island was first explored by F. D, Burdett (in 1912- 19187), and several good burial-jars were obtained and later sold to the old Philippine Museum. In 1932 Alcko E, Lilius and I, B. Maddela exeavated jar-burial eairns and mounds at Tumulod and Silpi, obtaining one burialjar in nearly perfect condition, and several broken ones, As usual the bones were in a much-deeayed condition. A few red carnelian beads, and *Phil. Jour. Sei. § D 6 (21911) 1-5, pla, 5.mes Beyer: Outline Review of Phillppine Archaeology 243 some pottery rings or ear-ornaments were found in one jar, Dut no metal objects of any sort. (There ave probably still nearly 2 hundred unopened mounds on Calayan. Some of thom should be excavated carefully.) Babuyan Claro Island was visited in the late 1980s by several officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey who reported the exist« ence of numerous unexcavated jar-buriais and several other interesting types of remains. Dalupiri Island was first explored, rather briefly, in 1935, by Dr. H, H. Bartlett accompanied by José V. Santos and M. Kalaw, of the University of the Philippines Department of Botany, A few jar-burials in cairns were carefully explored— being located near the mouth ane along the sides of the canyon called Manolong. One almost perfect burial-fay was ob- » tained from a cairn} while in a burial niche facing the sea, “another broken jar was found firmly wedged among, the rocks. (These spechmons are now in the University of Michigan Muscum) ; in 1938 Doctor Bartlett published an excellent gan- eval review of “Jar Burials in the Babuyan Group * * * especially those of Dalupiri Island.”? The bones had entirely decayed in all of the jars examined, although one tooth was found. ‘The Rabuyan Group is stilt a treasure house of jar-burials of the early type—most of them definitely dating from the first half (if not the first quarter) of the Christian Era. (Full reasons for thus dating these jar-buriala are given in my MS, paper entitled “Jar-burial in the Philippines,” Manila, 1958_ with supplement in £941,) . Early Porcelain Age—One of the graves excavated by Aleko BE. Lillus on Calayan in 1932 contained a burial-jar of an entirely different type, and of somewhat later date. ‘This is a medium- large but short and widemouthed jar with six ears, covered with a green glaze, and undoubtedly of Late Tang or Early Sang date—almost identical with some half dozen similar pleces found in the older section of the Hacienda Ramona Site, in Pampanga Province. In all cases these jars contained a con- Siderable quantity of disintegrated bone fragments, and usually a few carnelian beads and other small objects (in one ease a spindle whorl), About 1923-1924 Mx. Frank D. Yost, of the Bureau of Lands, obtained a small and very well-made celadon dish, with a grey- ish green crackled glaze, from a homesteader on Calayan Island, who found it when excavating holes for his house-posts. The piece is undoubtedly of Sung date, and probably indicates an Early Porcelain-Age burial in that vicinity, Several other ccladon dishes and stoneware Pieces have been reported from aecidental excavations on Calayan and Fuga, but T have not yot examined any of them, * Papers Mich, Acad, Sci, &. 23 (1937) 1-20, 5 pls,197 214 The Philippine Journal of Science Later Poreclain Age-—F. D. Burdett reported finding @ dragon- jar on Camiguin, and Mx. F, W. Sapp brought in several Early Ming fragments oblained in a cave along the coast of the same jsland, Doctor Bartlett found a few Early Ming blue-and-white fragments on Dalupiri; while J. Scott MeCormick and some C. & G. §. officers found quantities of Barly Ming sherds in the caves of Babuyan Claro. Those specimens that I have seen were probably all of 14th and 15th centuries, and were all Chinese wares. “At least two village midden sites of probable Eariy or Middie Ming date have been reported from Babuyan Claro, Spanish period records —Only on Babuyan Claro do any of the original Babuyan inhabitants survive. On the other islands «they were induced to migrate to Luzon, between 1690 and 1750, ‘by the early Dominican missionaries, and most of them appear +o have settled in the Malaueg arca of Cagayan Province. (A unique dialect is still spoken in that area.) ‘The present popu- Jation of the Babuyan Islands (except Babuyan Claro} is chiefly a mixture of recent Toko and Ibanag settlers. Workers-Captain Mitchell, Merton L. Miller, H. G. Ferguson, PF. D. Burdett, ©, Willeox, Henry Becker, F. W. Sapp, Aleko B, Lilius, I. B, Maddela, J. Scott McCormick, If. H. Bartlett, and others. (For historical period: Olto Scheerer, Fr. Julian Malumbres, and H, ¥. Bartlett.) B. LUZON AND ADJACENT SMALL ISLANDS 8, Cagayan and Isabela Provinces (Cagayan Valley arca) : Mid-Pleistocene—Fossil bed, containing rhinoceros tecth and bones, and probable remains of other large mammals, found by prospectors Alfonso Bagunu and Rodolfo Albano, in 1936, in the mountains just back of Laya, Cagayan (almost on the Ca- gayan-Isabela boundary line); and sampics brovght to their home in Cabagan, Isabela. (Later brought to Manila by Jose Datul.) This bed has not yet been properly explored. Tebtites.—A few true transported tektites found in October, 1945, by Lieut, William G. Beyer, in a ficld with reddish soit and containing manganese nodules, about 2 kilonicters southeast of the Tagan provincial hospital, Isabela Provinee, Five whol “Claveria-type” pseudotextites found on beach near Claveria, Cagayan, in 1928, and sent to Bureau of Science for deter- mination. Prehistoric shell-henps.—Several large prehistoric shell-heaps were eut through, in road-building, near the Cagayan-Isabcla, boundary line. (Reported by Provincial Engineer before the war, but not yet properly investigated.) Late Neolithic remaine.—Three good Late Neolithic implements (two adzes and one chisel) were found by a Japanese officer in northern Isabela (exact loeality not recorded) in 1942 (shown to me in Manila 1943, and drawings made). Two specimens are fully stepped, and one is plain-backed. (Taken by Mr.“4 Beyer: Outline Review of Philippine Archaeology 215 Aikawa, of the educational department, Military Adminis- tration, in August, 1944, and probably lost or destrayed at end of war.) Post-Stone-Age remains.—No vecord as yet of any Bronze-Age, Iron-Age, or pre-Spanish Poreslain-Age sites or finds, in these provinecs, Undoubtedly some such remains exist—particularly of the Poreslain Age. For early history of the area, see Julian Malumbres “Historia de Cagayan,” “Historia de Isabela,” ete. Workers—(As mentioned under the preceding various items.) 9. Apayao Subpravinee (formerly under Cagayan; mow under the Mountain Province) : (No record as yet of any Stone-Age or other pre-Poreclain re- mains.) , Porcelain-Age survivals—Ming jars, and possibly » few pre- Ming ceramic pieces, are still preserved among the well-to-do ” Apayaos 2s heirlooms. Also some ancient beads and silver or- naments. (It is said that such objects were formerly buried with the dead; but there has never been any proper archaco- logical exploration within the areca.) Spanish period remains—The ruins of at least two old Spanish missions of the 17th century are known, but they have not been investigated. Workers—H. 0. Beyer, Morice Vanoverbergh, Otto Scherer, and (or history especially) Julian Malumbres, 10. Hocos Norte Province: Pseudo-tektites—No true tektites have yet been found in this provineo, but a large number of the so-called “Claveria-typo” of psendo-tektites have been found at the Selga Site, near Pa- suquin. (Fr, Miguel Selga has written a paper on this material, published by the Philippine National Research Council in 1935 1936.) Stone Age—No genuine Stone-Age artifacts have yet been re ported, except one small obsidian flaked microlith, sent to me by a local geologist, shortly bofore the outbreak of the war, with statement that he had found it in a field near Pasuquin. (The area should be further explored, as no other obsidian implement has yet been reliably reported north of Bulakan Province.) Early Porcclaii—At teast two Late Tang-Early Sung midden dumps or old village sites located by me on low elevations near Pacay Lake, during a brief trip in the fall of 1928. Tt is probable that other similar sites could be found near the coastal area, Later Pre-Spanish Porcelain Age.—Late Sung, Yan, and Early Ming celadons and other ceramie pieces have come from aeci- dental exeavations at various places in Iocos Norte and Abra. Doctor Palencia, formerly attached to the mission hospital in Laoag, possesses an interesting collection of such specimens. Spanish period remains and records—Some very interesting old stone churches, rained missions, “Moro” towers, and other216 The Philippine Journal of Science sour remains of the early Spanish period exist in this province (Photographic and. descriptive records should be made for per- manent. preservation.) Workers--Miguel Selga, H. Q. Beyer; and (for history espe- cially) Isabelo de los Reyes, and Camilo Millan. 11. Abra Provinces {Some interesting fossils and shell-beds, near Kimalisag barrio, Pilar municipality, have been reported as carly as 1926 by Jose V. Corrales; but have never been properly explored or verified.) Late Neolithic artifacts—Several good adzes and chisele (at Jeast two of which are early “stepped” forms) were located by ‘Dr. Fred Eggan in 1934-1935. A few were accidental finds, preserved in the charm-boxes of Tinggian medicine-men as magie stones. (No actual Neolithic site was located.) Other Late Stone-Age remains.—A number of sandstone knives, daggers, and arrow-points or spearheads, of a peculiar type associated with a crude hand-made pottery, were found by Jose ¥. Corrales from 1926 to 1928, in the Pilar Sites near the Hocos Sur boundary line. Mixed Late Iron-Age and Barly Porcelain-Age area—The “Cor- yales Sites’ in Kimalésag barrio, Pilar—explored chiefly in 1926-1927—contain what appears to be a Late Iron-Age and a Sung-period Poreclain-Age mixed eulture. Both burial sites and midden deposits were found, and some very interesting specimens obtained. Later Porcelain Age~—Numeraus heirloom jars and other ceramic pieces, specimens of ancient beads, and other objects are preserved in the homes of the wealthier Tinggians in many parts of the province. A number of good burial-pieces have also turned up in accidental excavations, and several private collectors in Bangued had accumulated a number of them before the war. (The best of these collections, in Bangued, Vigan, and Laoag, were examined and described by E. D. Hester, in March-April, 1938.) Much data on the rare beads was recorded by Dr. F. G. Cole. Surviving carly records, ctc—Much interesting data on pre- Spanish conditions survives in epic poetry, both in Moko and in Tinggian (Itneg). Some of these epies have been discussed by myself und Tsabelo de los Reyes, F. Blumentritt, Juan T. Burgos, Dr. F.C, Cole, and Ernestina L. Llanes. Workers——(As mentioned under the preceding various items.) 12, Kelinga Subprovince (now under Mountain Province): (No true Stone-Age artifacts yet recovered.) Bronse- and Iron-Age survivals.—Certain ancient metal ornaments, gongs, and rare beads, still possessed as heirlooms by the wealthior Kalingas, may be Bronze- or Barly Tron-Age produc- tions. Certain bead types especially, that are very highly valued by the Kalingas, seem to be definitely of Greek or Roman34 Beyer: Outline Review of Philippine Archaeology manufacture sometime prior to the beginning of the Christian Era. Exactly similar beads have keen found in Rizal Province in sites of the 2nd century 8. c., and one type, at least, is still earlicr than this (pre-Iron Age) in Batangas Province. Pre-Spanish Poreclain-Age survivats.—The Kalingas, like the Apayaos and Tinggians, are great collectors of ancient porce- lains and jars, A majority are of Early Ming dates or later; nevertheless, a number of good pieces of Yéan and even Late Sung dates are still to be found. They are not easily ob- tained, however, as the value that the Kalingas place upon such pieces is often as high, or even higher, than their worth to a foreign collector, A number of good celadons have eome from northern Kalinga; and, rather surprisingly, several of the hest specimens that I have seen are of Sawankhalok manufacture. Barly and 2 Middle Ming bluc-and-whites and polychrome wares have also been found. It is still uncertain as to how many of these Picees are true heirlooms—and I believe that a number of them, at least, have actually come from accidental excavations. Monumental and other remains—The origin of the great stone-walled rice terraces, and certain other remains of a monu- mental character, will be taken up later in connection with fugao and Benguet Subprovinces. Workers—H. 0. Beyer, R. F. Barton, W. . Boston} and (for linguistics and history) Otto Scherer, 13. Bontok, Lepanto, and Amburayan Subprovinces (old boundaries, as of 1918, Then wholly under Mountain Provines; now partly joined to Hocos Sur, etc.) + (No true Stone-Age original artifacts yet found; but much use of stone tools in later cultures—some of them doubtless being carryovers from Stone-Age times.) Bronze-Age and fron-Age remains and survivals—A true Copper- Bronze culture, centering in Lepanto Subprovince, is probably also to be associated with the early stone-walled rice terraces and other speeial features of the Terrace Culture in general. Remains of ancient copper, silver, and gold mining, smelting, and working have been found in various places. Also certain ancient ornaments and beads, as well as a few old gongs, images and copper or bronze vessels, that probably go back before the heginning of the Christian Era, although many others of later periods, are still in use. Porceluin-Age romates and survivats.—Ancient jars, beads, and the like are scarce among the Bontoks, but more plentiful among the Igorots of outlying areas. However, a few Ming pieces are found nearly everywhere, but only in the Bakun highlands of Amburayan are the older pieces really common. The only pre-Spanish midden sites yet found are located on the low tableland on which the town of Cervantes now stands, both ta the north and the south of the town. The specimens examined secm to be mostly Barly Ming sherds, with a little218 The Philippine Journal of Seience 1957 later material mixed in. A few old fragments were also picked up by me at one spot near the town of Baako—but timo was not available for careful examination of the area. ‘The most interesting [gorot remains oceur in the region around the Sagada Plateau, where the abundant limestone caves, niches, and rock-shelters have long been used as burial places. Numerous fragments of decayed wooden coffins, siuls and other hones, and cecasionally sizable ceramie fragments are common jn rock-sheliers under the edges of the cliffs, (None of these have ever been properly exeavated; and a earcful survey should be made there, if opportunity offers.) ‘This whole area presents a rich field for future archaedlogical work, Doubtless many old village sites and burial places could ihe located by a little pationt research, in all three subprovinees, ‘and their careful investigation might well throw much new light on the whole past history of the region. € Workers—A. E, Jenks, James A, Robertson, H. O. Beyer, R. F. Barton, Morice Vanoverborgh, Angel Perez, M. Goodman, A. J. Eveland, and W. F. Hale. 14. Hoeos Sur and La Union Provinces? Stone-Age remains—A true Late Neolithic stone adze or chisel, of regular trapezoidal form, was found near San Juan, La ‘Union in the 19208, by Forester Dacanay. (The exact site has not been recorded.) (The stone daggers, mentioned under the next item below, from Santa, Nocos Sur, may also possibly be of Late Neolithic date.) Early Porcelain-Age romains—At Santa, Uecos Sur, near the ‘Abra River Gap, several graves were eut into during road- building, containing early Sung funerary pottory and poree- Janous wares (exactly similar, in type, to those illustrated and described by B. Laufer, as coming from Barly Sung graves in north-central China), On a nearby hill, another stilt older grave was cut into, containing no imported wares, but only two pieces of hand-made native pottery associated with two stone daggers of the peculiar sandstone type described under Abra Province, Epie poetry and early traditions—In northern La Union, and ‘elsewhere, several ancient epic poems (dating probably from the late pre-Spanish and early Spanish periods) have been pre- served, Some of them describe wars with the “Tattooed Igo- rote,” and give anany interesting details of pre-Spanish Loko life and beliefs. The best known of this group of epics and traditions is Biog ni Lam-ung, recorded at an carly date by & priest of Bangar, La Union, and first printed in 1889; but there are other pocms also of much interest. (A serious comt- parative study of this early literature should be undertaken.) Workers —Gorardo Blanco, Isabelo de los Reyes, José V. Corrales, Juan T. Burgos, Emerson B, Christie, Morico Vanoverbergh, Leopoldo ¥, Yabes, Jose R, Calip, and Brnestina L. Llanes. (Also see Addendum for further data on La Union Province.)1 Beyer: Outline Review of Philippine Archaeology 219 15, Benguet Subprovinee (now under the Mountain Province) Stone-Age remains —A Late Noolithie stone adze or chisel, with a slightly curved back and of a rather rough trapezoidal form, was found in a hillside clearing near Haight’s Place (K. 53, Mt. trail). Igorot tradition reports similar specimens being occasionally found around Kabayan, and in the Agno and Ka- pangan River Valleys where they are known a3 “thunder teeth,” and are regarded as possessing potent magic properties, Terrace culture-—Tho stone-walled riee terraces of the Kaiyapa District are probably the most ancient in the Mountain Prov- ince—and have been the subject of a special study by myself, (Many areas there have been long abandoned, and both ancient village-sites and walled-up tombs in the mowntain sides should be sought for and excavated.) > A long-abandoned village site, with a nearby walled-up tomb » of good size, exists on top of the high ridge above the Itogon Mino—first called to my attention in 1937 by J. H, Marsman, I made a careful examination of the area, and regard it as well worthy of study and excavation, but work there will be dificult owing to the nature of the terrain, (The age may be anywhere from a few generations past up io several centuries, but it ia no longer remembered in local tradition.) Barly Metal-Age remains.—Certain ancient copper and gold work- ings, in the Itogon-Biia area especially, go far back into the past and seem to show a kinship to the old Lepanto workings (deseribed under item No. 13, above). Some very ancient gold ornaments, copper vessels, sacred drums, gongs, and the like, still existed among the wealthier Igoro's before the war, Porcelain-Age site and survivala—A grave containing whole pieces of late 15th and early 16th century Ming poreelains wes cut into during development work on the Gold Creek Mining Co. property near Bia in November, 1032 (found by the late C. L. O'Dowd); while other graves with similar contents are reported to have been destroyed in former times in the same vicinity. Many old jars and other ceramic pieces are also kept by the wealthier Igorots, especially in northern and eastern Ben- guet, Burial caves and mumnics—One of the most interesting types of remains in this Subprovince, however, is the great number of burial eaves and niches, containing wooden coffins, bones, and especially (in some places) dried mummies. These mummies have remarkable lasting qualities, considering the climate; and the history of several specimens, at least, has been traced back to from 150 to over 200 years. (‘The preservative used is the sablut concoction, also known to the ancient Tokos and to the Tfagaos.) One cave on Mt, Sto. Tomas, near Baguio, was found to contain more than 20 mummies, of which at least half were in a fair state of preservation, Near Duguias and Loo, in the northern part of the Subprovinee, the famous mummy of Ané- long kept in a burial niche in a nearby cliff, treated with re-220 The Philippine Jowrnal of Science 307 spect, and made frequent offerings by the people—was stolen by 2 missionary from San Fernando, La Union, and later became the object of a court case. The specimen, having been placed in my charge for some time, was examined by me carefully and its history investigated, It proved to be over 200 years old, and was still in perfect condition, having been kept in 2 wooden coffin in a dry niche, at an elevation of nearly 7,000 feet above sea level. The hody was completely tattooed, from the top of the forehead to the soles of the fect, with an intricate pattern of the type illustrated by Hans Meyer in his mono- graph on the Igorots in 1885. (All mummies still existing should be scientifically studied and photographed.) Workerg-—lfans Meyer, Angel Perez, Otto Schecrer, H. 0, Beyer, , Alphonse Clacthoudt, and others, (See Addendum for further data on Benguet.) 16, Ifugao Subprovince (now under the Mountain Province): ‘Stone-Age remains —A well-made Late Neolithic stone adze, of ‘a trapezoidal early stepped form, was found by Colonel Munson~ and Doctor Pick in a newly excavated road-bank between Karug and Piwong, in central Hugao. Several years later examined the area briefly, finding no more stone implements, but locating in a similar road-bank nearby a vein of much disinte- grated pottery fragments. These small sherds had exactly the appearance of the Eaily Iron-Age wares of Rizal Province. (The area should be thoroughly examined at the first oppor- tunity.) Stone-Age aurvivals—In addition to the riee-terraces there are qoany other modern uses of stone in Ifugao Tife,—-some of which seem to be direct survivals of a Neolithic culture, Until re~ cently Ifugao smiths did oll their finest metal work with stone hammers and stone anvils, in addition to the usual three- stone set-up of thelr forges and fireplaces, Sharpening stones, polishing stones, small mortars and pestles, mullers, stone beads, and a variety of other objects; throwing-stones, as weapons; ete., all testify to such survivals, Stone implements, tektites, and fossil mammalian teeth (par- ticularly of the timarao and wild carabao) have all been reported as being found emong the “Buga” or megie stones, in Ifugao sacred “medicine-boxes.” (I have collected some of ‘the fossil teeth, but have so far failed to secure any authentic ti specimens of the tektites or stone implements.) Terrace culture-—The great system of Ifugao rce-terraces—most spectacular of its type in the world—is now believed to have had its beginning in the Copper-Bronze period, several centuries g.c. The Hungduan-Ahin Valley, which is the greatest single termeed area, and the Hapao Vailey adjoining, both contain remnants of important secondary copper-bronze industries—- although the copper, gold, and silver themselves mostly came from the Lepanto area previously diseussed, Ancient copper pots, spoons, images, and ornaments were formerly very or:734 Beyer: Outline Review of Philippine Archaeology 221 mon in these valleys, but have now largely disappeared. Cop- per silver bronze gongs, and bronze-silver-goid ornaments were atill quite common prior to the recent war. Ancient beads, jars, and gonga.—The oldest Iiugao bead types are probably Greek and Roman specimens dating from the 5th to 1st century B. Cc. but the commonest of the rare types is a special Bactrian bead, known as Pd‘o, consisting of two amber-glass cylinders with a layer of gold-leaf between, prob- ably also dating from before the beginning of the Christian Era. (Pafigo beads are also found in the Batanes Islands, end among the Tinggians of Abra and western Kalinga.) Old jars and bronze gongs, mostly of Chinese origin, are possessed by wealthy families and sothe pieces have been handed down as heirlooms for a dozen generations or more, Ming jars 2 are still fairly common, but pre-Ming pieces are very searce— those that I have seen being probably all of Late Sung or Yéan dates. Literary ontiquities.Ifagao epie poems and myths (especially the Hudhud and the Alim) are worthy of extended study for the light that they may throw on the past, as well as for their literacy character itself. (They should te studied os- pecially im comparison with similar epie and myth material from adjoining Igoret regions in Lepanto and Benguet Sub- provinces; etc.) Workers—Juan F. Villaverde, Julian Malumbres, B, Camps, An- gel Perer, Dean C. Worcester, H. 0. Beyer, R. F. Barton, Jeff D. Galiman, and Francis Lambrecht. 17, Nueva Vizcaya Province: {No true Stone-Age material yet recovered. Although potentially interesting and possessing a long historical record, this prov- ince has been but little explored archaeologically, and few pre-Spanish remains of any sort have been found.) Possible Iron-Age site—Some possible Late Tron-Age decorated pottery of a very interesting type was found by the Inte Tom Myers on an ancient village site in the heart of the Hongot country, in May-June, 1935. On the Conwap River, several hours to the west of Pugu (in the Abaké country), an interest- ing site was found on the crest of a ridge or hill above the stream. The chief content of the midden site was a quan- tity of peculiarly decorated pottery, with incised designs of a unique pattern not yet found in any other Philippine area, A liberal sample was brought in for my collection, bat much more could be gathered there. No porcelain fragments were found in the midden area, and it seems very possible that the site may be pre-Poreclain Age. Ruined Spanish Missions.—Interesting 17th and 18th century Span- ish-period objects have been found around the ruins of the early Augustinian missions in the Ilongot country-—all of which were closed down and completely abandoned about 200 years ago. The ruins of at least cight or ten stone churches are known, at222 The Philippine Journal of Science rout but only a few have been visited or described, Myers found two that had not been previously reported. Seventeenth and eighteenth century ceramic fragments were plentiful around both of them. (Mostly Chinese porcelains and stoneware, native wares being rather scarce.) Workera—Franciseo Gainza, B. Campa, Julian Malumbres, W. C. Bryant, Wilfrid Turnbull, Carl Taylor, H. 0. Beyer, Tom Myers, and Antonio Mozo, 18, Nuova Ecija und northern Payabas (old “Principe") Provinces: (These tivo areas ave combined for geographical reasons, but will be ais. cussed separately: (a) The old Spanish province of Principe, now a part of Tayabas [Quezon] Pronince; and (b) Nucwa Ecija Provinee proper (which formerly included alt of northern Tayabas) : (0) Northern Taynbas.—(No true Stone-Age remains yet found and only one pre-Spanish site of any considerable importance. However, other .pre-Spanish remains should be sought, espe- cially at Baler and Kasiguran, around Dingalan Bay, and on the Island of Polillo.) [See Addendum for further data on Poliilo Island.] Lampong Bay avea—One pre-Spanish porcclain-beaving site of Ming date was found by W. S. Boston near the port area at Lampong Bay, in the early 1930s. (‘This area should be eare- fully explored, as it was an important landing place not only for Chinese traders but also for the Spanish galleons, at cer tain seasons.) Workers.—Alexander Schadenberg, Wilirid Turnbull, W. S. Bos- ton, and others. (b) Nueva Eeija Provineo.—(Stone-Age or other pre-Spanish sites have not yet been located; but a natural tektite site and some Interesting Spanish period remains are worthy of mention) : Tektites--Some two dozen true natural tektites were found about 1928, hy B. K. Harper, in the area around and a little to the cast of Balete Pass, on the Nueva Vizeaya border. Most of these specimens are now in the American Museum of Natural History (New York). They are not plentiful, but Harper is of the opinion that many more eould be found there by diligent search, A few transported tektites were found in 1938 in a gravel heap at Mufioz (eaid to have been brought from a river bed a few Kilometers away). The original find was made by the late Fidel Mayson, but was not followed up and no farther speci- mens have come from that area, Porcelain-Age and Spanish period remaius—A few old and prob- ably pre-Spanish porcelain fragments were found by myself and Mr. E. D. Hester in 1938 on a hill above Laur,—probably part of an old village midden, The grass-covered terrain and lack of time prevented any proper exploration. Some interesting 17th and 18th entury jars and other ceramic Pieces have come from around San Leonardo, doubtless being34 Beyer: Outline Review of Philippine Archaeology 223 all or mostly heirloom pieces. No specific burial pieces have deen reported. (Souree of old Tinggian villages near Cuyapo, and their history, should be sought. Also, the 17th and 18th century mission sites at Punean, Caranglan, and Pantabafigan should be further explored.) Workers—(As mentioned under the foregoing various items.) Also Luther Parker, Perey A. Hill, David P. Barrows, Epifanio de los Santos, and Dr, J. P, Ranting. 19. Tarlak Provinee: (No Stone-Age or other prehistoric sites have yet been reliably reported from this province.) : Porcelain-Age finds.—A few scattered ceramic pieces and some jars of Yian, Ming, or later dates have been reported as acci- ) dentat finds or as inherited heirlooms; but no actual site has been recorded or explored. Workers—None. (See Addendum for data on eaves, ete.) 20. Pengasinan Province: Tektites and Pleistocene fossila.-Two interesting natural tektite areas have been Jocated, one along the Zambales-Pangasinan border, and the other in the Bolinao area, The latter area produced the largest specimen (620 grams) yet known from the Philippines north of the Bikol area; also some unusually in- teresting large tektite disks. They were found by F. W. McCaw and J. Kershner, in the early 1930s. (For the border site, see Zambales Province.) A completely fossilized elephant tooth of a probably unique dwarf species (but possibly merely a baby form of a larger species) was found before 1920 on Cabarruyan Island in Linga- yen Gulf, near Alaminos. (It has been identified as an extinet form, and, a possible new species, of probably Late Pleistocene date, by Dr, G. H. R. von Koenigswald.) Stone-Age remaine.—A few used stone hammers and grip-marked stones of uncertain prehistoric dates (one being a large tektite) have been found in the Bolinao area. Barly Porcelain-Age site—A very interesting ancient burial site was discovered by Mariano Dizon in 1928 near the town of Balineaguin, in the hilly region of the western part of the province. The site is in a recently cultivated area near a small spring, several kilometers from the present town, The first find was a burial-jar, the top of which was acei- dentally struck by the plow, This was dug out, but found to contain only part of a skull and some bone fragments. Further excavation in the vicinity turned up many other burial-jars, together with a considerable number of smaller pieces of porce- lain, stoneware, and pottery. It is also claimed that one of the jars contzined several old coins, all having a square hele in the center and bearing Chinese characters. A dozen of the smaller whole pieces, and one of the coins, were later turned over by Dizon to H. P. Whitmarsh, of Baguio, who224 The Philippine Journal of Science a9e7 subsequently took them to England where I belicve they still arc. Before leaving, Mr. Whitmarsh brought these pieces to me in Manila for examination. They all scem to be defi- nitely Late Tang and Barly Sung productions, somewhere be- tween the 9th and 12th centuries, In 1929 this site was visited by Vietoriano Braganza, who jater wrote an article about it He obtained a few more pieces, including a very carly type of dragon-jar similar to those from the Hacienda Ramona Site jn Pampanga Province, He also loeated a village midden site, on a neighboring hill, containing quantities of fragments of various Chinese wares, Everything that he deseribes or illustrates seems to be pre-Ming, and his interpretation of the site is entirely wrong, © This whole area should be carefully investigated when oppor- tunity offers. & Later Porcelain-Age rencine—Two other pre-Spanish porcelain sites were found between Lingayen and Bolinao, in a canal that was being dug. One of them contained a unique Chinese jar of probable Late Sung or Yuan date, bearing an embossed European head similar to the designs on Roman coins, This specimen, and other early jars from both sites, were brought to me by the late Major Eugene de Mitkiewiex in Aprif, 1929. A few other accidentally exeavated picees have been reported, but, so far, no Sawankhalok or other imported Southeast Asia wares are known from Pangasinan Provines. Another find that should have Been mentioned above is that of a coin of the third century B. c., bearing a Greek design bu: Probably of Celto-Iberian origin, which was found while doing road-work between Pozorrubio and Camp One, in the northcast- ern part of the province. This coin, of whieh an illustration has been published, was formerly in the collection of Dr. J. P, Bantug, and lost during the war, (An exactly similar coin was found in a garden at San Pedro Makati; sec Rizal Province.) Other protohistorie aurvivels—Pangasinan offers rich archacolo- gical possibilities for further exploration. The name Lingayen (“place of the Ungga”) suggests the former presence of a Hindu- Malayan community with phailie monuments, and elements in the traditional history and surviving myths support such Possibility. The province has been the entry point for several of our ancient and more interesting cultures, and it seems very probable that remains of their former presence or passage here can still be found, Workers.—Justo Claudio, Eusebio Rosario, Paz R. Reyes, Ricardo Sison, Carlos P. Romulo, H. O. Boyer, Leslie F. Taylor; and names mentioned under the foregoing various items. 21. Zambales Province (present boundaries only; old northern Zambale being now a part of western Pangasinan, q. v,): Teltites-Found in large number along the present Panga- sinar-Zambales border, Also on two chromite mining prop- “Philippines Free Press, August 3, 1929.1434 Beyer: Outline Review of Philippine Archaeology 225 erties, in the foothills a little south of the border, What appears to be another natural site lies in the hills back of San Marcelino, near some copper mining claims formerly oper ated by Aguado Hermanos. (The Zambales tektites are all good naturat specimens, with unusual form-characteristics that Give them special interest. Plate 2, fig. 2.) (No true Stone- or Sron-Age remains yet reported.) Porcelain-Age remains and survivals—One interesting midden site of Yian and Barly Ming date has recently been located by Robert B. Fox and Governor Francisco Anonas (June, 1947), on a small hill at the sitio of Purakin, near Ugik, on the old Cushman Ranch (now belonging to the Governor). Another similar site exists at Alibaiyan, neay Ugik, but no fragments from this aren were brought in. (Fox expects to esplore the area more fully, soon; it lies only about three kilometere from >the Villar Farm School.) A few scattered ceramic pieces—all of Late Sung, Yiian, or Early Ming dates—have been reported as accidental finds, in several other Zambales areas (particularly near Botolan), but no definite burial site has yet been located or explored. A few ancient beads have been occasionally found among the Zambales Negritos, and some were collected in 1913 by J. M. Garvan. Tradition speaks of stone arrow-points also being used among the Negritos in pre-Spanish times, but no trace of such material has yet been found. Workers.—A. B. Meyer, W. A. Reed, Francisco Cafiamaque, Fr. Domingo Perez (1680}, J. M. Garvan, Paul Sehebesta, Robert B. Fox; and (for tektites) Otto Frauendorf, Wilfrid Turnbull, Churchill Scott, and Herminia Gaerlan de Hernandez (for Bo- buyan Site). 22, Bataan Provine Stone Age-—On the China Sea side of Bataan Province, partieu- larly on certain sloping tablelands used for grazing, consider- able numbers of protoneoliths of Bacsonian type (varying from crude to quite well-made specimens) have been found scat- tered over the present surface. Several collectors have gathered specimens, but no systematic exploration has becn carried out. Four rather similar specimens were picked up by Leonardo Vasquez, in February, 1929, on a low ridge near the Lamao Agricultural Station, but no other stone implements, of either pre-Neolithie or true Neolithic types, have been recorded from Bataan Province. Porcelain-Age remains —A number of accidental finds of ceramic pieces, mostly of Late Sung or Ming date, have been made in this provinee; but no actual ceramic site has been located or properly excavated there. Some interesting early fragments have been picked up along the Manila Bay shore, particularly etween Samal and Orani in the northeastern part of the prov- ince. (also see next item.) Gold coins of the pre-Spanish period —Several small button-shaped gold coins, usually beating the embossed character “ma” in226 The Philippine Journal of Science aT the old syllabary, of types current in Java and Indo-China during the Hindu period, have been accidentally excavated in Bataan. Dr. J. P. Bantug bas described a find of 70 such pieces, made in October, 1914, in the barrio of Tiis, Bagak jnunicipality, and he had in his possession one of the specimens at the beginning of the war. This was a hoard, boried in an old clay pot which was aceidentally plowed up and broken dy a farmer named Alberto Ledesma, (These coins are exactly similar to another hoard buried in a pottery vessel near San Felipe Neri, Rizal Province, discovered in 1837 and deseribed by Isabelo de los Reyes and Dr, A. B. Meyer. See later refer- ence under Rizal Province.) (All of the eoastal area and nearby foothills in Bataan should ‘he carefully explored, especially white the post-war reeon- struction is going cn, The Mariveles area should ngt be over- Jooked, despite the great wartime destruction there, as it was probably here that the first Chinese and forcign tradecenters were located.) Workers.—A. B. Meyer, W. A. Reed, J. Mf. Garvan, E, B. Ro- driguez, Major Albert J. Brazee, Dr. José P. Bantug, and Robert B. Fox, 23, Pampange Province: (No pre-Neolithie artifacts, and no fossils or tektites, yet re. covered in this province.) Neolithic romaine.—A good specimen of a slightly trapezoidal Late-Neolithic chisel, and two other probable Neolithic arti- facts of a cruder type, were found in plowed fields near the Hacienda Ramona ceramic site, but were probably in no way connected with that site itself (A number of interesting used hammers, mullers, grip-marked stones, ete, were found in the ceramic site, but most of these are undoubtedly Porcelain-Age survivals from the Neolithic.) Poreelain-Age remains and survivals ~The remarkable site at the Hacienda Ramona will first be taken up, after which several other miscellaneous finds, ete. will be treated sepa- ratel: Hacienda Ramona Site--On this plantation, near Porak, there exists a remarkable and extensive Poreclain-Age site of an early type, known as the “Goodall Site,” and first ex- plored in 1985-1926 by G. M. Goodall and two Filipino assistants, working under my general direction, (The re- suiting collections are mostly in Manila.) A. more extensive exploration was carried out in 1930 by E. D. Hester, George Woods, and Herman Costenoble, assisted by Manager Suarez and certain other officials of Warner, Barnes & Co, who own the Hacienda, A large quantity of burial-jars, and of smaller ceramie picces of various shapes and sizes, was obtained—most of which I saw or examined briefly from time to time. (A part of these specimens were sent to the United States, but the ee226 28. Pampanga Province: The Philippine Journal of Science 1st the old syllabary, of types current in Java and Indo-China during the Hindu period, have been accidentally excavated in Bataan, Dz. J. P. Bantug has deseribed a find of 70 stich pieces, made in Qetober, 1914, in the barrio of Tits, Bagak municipality, and he had in his possession one of the specimens at the beginning of the war. ‘This was a hoard, buried in an old clay pot which was accidentally plowed up and broken by a farmer named Alberto Ledesma. (These coins are exactly similar to another hoard buried in a pottery vessel near San Felipe Neri, Rizal Province, discovered in 1887 and described by isabelo de los Royes and Dr. A. B. Meyer. Sec later refer- ence under Rizal Province.) (All of the coastal area and nearby foothills in Bataan should «be earefully explored, especially while the post-war recon- struction is going en. The Mariveles arca should ngt be over- looked, despite the great wartime destruction there, as it was probably here that the first Chinese and foreign tradecenters were located.) Workers—A. B, Meyer, W. A. Reed, J. M. Garvan, E. B. Ro- driguez, Major Albert J. Brazee, Dr. José P, Bantug, and Robert B. Fox. (No pre-Neolithie artifacts, and no fossils or tektites, yet re- covered in this province.) Neolithic remains—A good specimen of a lightly trapezoidal Late-Neolithie chisel, and two other probable Neolithic arti- facts of a cruder type, were found in plowed fields near the Hacienda Ramona ceramic site, but were probably in no way connected with that site itself, (A number of interesting used hammers, mullers, grip-marked stones, etc., were found in the ceramie sito, but most of these are undoubtedly Poreelain-Age survivals from the Neolithic.) Porcslain-Age remains and survivals—The remarkable site at the Hacienda Ramona will first be taken up, after which several other miscellaneous finds, etc., will be treated sepa- rately: Hacienta Ramona Site —On this plantation, near Porak, there exists a remarkable and extensive Porcelain-Age site of an early type, mown as the “Goodall Site,” and first ex- plored in 1935-1986 by G. M. Goodall and two Filipino assistants, working under my general dircetion. (The re- sulting collections are mostly in Manila.) Amore extensive exploration was carried out in 1939 by HE, D. Hester, George Woods, and Herman Costenoble, assisted by Manager Suarez and certain other officials of Warner, Barnes & Co, who own the Hacienda. A large quantity of burial-jars, and of smaller ceramie picces of various shapes and sizes, was obtained—most of which I saw or examined briefly from time to time. (A part of these specimens were sent to the United States, but theM34 Beyer: Outline Review of Philippine Archaeology 227 great majority were, unfortunately, disseminated or def- initely destroyed during the war.) The site is large and at least three periods of inhabita- tion are identifiable: 2, An extensive burial area dating from Late Tang to Middle Sung (mostly with plain glazed burial- jars, exactly like the one from Calayan Island, mentioned under item No. 7, above.) 2. A village site and less extensive burial area, dating chiefly Late Sung and Yden (with early dragon- jars, and similar object). 8. A small village site, and possibly a few graves, dating from the beginning of the Ming period; located a short distance up the slope from the major site. ° It also seems probable, from reports of plantation work- men and local natives, that several other as yet unworked burial sites exist in this vicinity. Tn addition to the three types of burial-jars and asso- ciated wares the Hacienda Ramona Site presents certain features of special interest for ecramic study and inter- pretation—e few of which are: (a) The presence of large quantities of Yiichow and other southern Sung wares, (6) Several good examples of the rave tobi-seiji, or spotted celadon, associated with Ying Ch'ing fragments—one whole piece being in the form of an unusually well-made carabao (the glaze between the spots being a delicate transiueent biuegreen that is typieally Ying Ch'ing). (c) The fact that no whole picees and only two early fragments of blue- and-white ware have been found in the entire site (and these may be Yuan rather than Early Ming). (d) No identifiable Sawankhalok or other southeast Asia wares have yet been found, although some probable Tang black- glazed and apple-green glazed pieces and fragments closely resembie the Kalong wares of northern Siam. (¢) Several uniquely fluted small teapots and wine-pots, of types rather unusual in Philippine sites, are worthy of special study. The Hacienda Ramona Site is still far from exhausted, although many good ceramic pieces have been crushed and scattered by the use of heavy tractors and mechanical plows and cultivators on the plantation, Much of the exploration work in the past has been far from scientifically con- ducted—and, in the future, some small undisturbed areas should be fenced off and excavated systematically, The results might well settle some important points concerning the history of the site that are still vague or definitely doubtful. Other Poreslain-Age sites.—The late Herman Costenoble, in 1940- 1941 found two other Early Poreelain-Age sites on a sugar plantation some distance to the southeast of the Hacienda Ra- mona. (Shortly before he was killed during the war, he fur-228 The Philippine Journal of Science oar nished me with a map and some notes on these sites, as well as a number of midden fragments found in the vieinity. How- ever, there was no opportunity for further exploration.) Dr. José P. Bantug formerly possessed several very interest. Jng ceramic pieces from Pampanga sites, One of these—ac- cidentaily excavated in the vicinity of Lubao while a well was being dug—was a medium-large Tzechow type of black- and-white decorated jar or vase, of a type heretofore known only from Site B in Rizal Provinec. He also had other pieces, both Sung and Ming, excavated in the Lubao arca, as well as one or two from other localities. On the whole, Pampanga, together with neighboring parts of Bulakan and Batagn, offers the best field for our next system- atic exploration} and the work should not be tco long delayed. Workers.(As indicated under the preecding various iteris.) Also Ricardo E. Galang, Sol H. Gwekon, Cornelio Pabalan Byron, Luther Parker, W. Huse Chapman, H. O. Beyer, and Leslie F. Taylor, 24, Bulakon Province: (Like Rizal Province, Bulakan probably contains practically all of our known archacologicat horizons; but, so far, we have systematically explored only a rolatively narrow strip along tho Rizal-Bulakan boundary line. Our systematie explorations have been chiefly in the Marilao River Valley and along the Novaliches-Ipo Road, and throughout the rest of the provinee we have made only the usual type of easual or accidental finds. As the Marilao and Ipo Road finds have all been included in the regular “Rizal-Bulakan Collection,” they will be discussed under No, 25 below, and, for the present, we will confine our- selves chiefly to the other Bulakan Province finds that are not included in that systematic collection.) Tektites: (1) The Pugad Babuy eoltection-—The old Tagalog bar- rlo of Pagad-Babuy (now known officially as “Torres Bugallon”), part of Polo municipality, contains what is probably the world’s largest concentration of natural tektites—eertainly much the largest deposit yet discovered, More than 50,000 good specimens have been taken out of this site for my own collec~ tion, and probably around 10,000 more by other collectors, And there are still many more to be had in the area, In ad- dition to the Pugad-Babuy Site proper, the Maysan und Kara- watan areas are also included in the main collection, (2) Other Bulakan tektite arcas.No other extensive natural tektite deposits have yet been found outside the Pugad-Babuy, Karawatan, and Maysan areas—although they may exist—but several secondary or transported deposits have been found. At twe points along the road from Mayean to Novaliches, a few Specimens have been found. Also, at three points in Mey- cauayan municipality Miss Natividad P. Noriega found a few Specimens in old rice-felds—all showing signs of transport, or use as charmstones, No systematic search for tektites hag yet been made in other parts of the province.m4 Beyer: Outline Review of Philippine Archaeology 2929 Pre-Neolithic stone artifacts—In addition to tektites, portions of the Pugad-Babuy and Maysan areas contain a sizable quantity of Mesolithie obsidian and flint microliths, and a few undoubted palacoliths have also heen found in plowed fields within the tektite-bearing area, A number of true palacoliths found in the Marilao Valley will be included in the Rizal Province diseussion, as also will be several sinal! Mesolithic sites in the same area, A few scattered specimens have been picked up elsewhere in the Province—mostly as surface finds—but none worthy of special discussion. Neolithic artifacts—All so far found (considerable numbers in Some cases) have been within the systematic area—and will be discussed with the Rizel material—except the Ginyug Site, see No. 4 below. etal Agos—One of our best combined Late Neolithle and Bronze-Age sites, and our third largest Early Iron-Age site, both Ie direetly on the Bulakan-Rizal boundary at Site H. No other pre-Potcelain sites have boon found so far, outside the area of systematic exploration. However, the largest Central Luzon iron-ore deposit yet known lies in the Angat-Norzagaray area, and it has been more or less continuously worked in a desultory way since early Spanish times. It seems quite probable that a pre-Spanish iron work- ing may have existed in the area, but it has never been prop- erly explored with a view to locating the remains of such an industry, and such a search should certainly be carried out at an early date. Pre-Spanih Poreelain-Age sites—The following pre-Spanish ee- ramic sites have been located (but very casually explored) in parts cf Bulakan Province outside the area of systematic exploration: (1) Dalawén barrio, San José municipality; 15th and 16th century porcelain and jar fragments, found by “Ario” de Ia Cruz in 2923, {2) In June, 1929, W. 8. Boston found seven 15th century ceramic fragments on a small hill at the site known as “Boston's New Mine,” on the upper Santa Maria River, a short distance to the east of Ipo. (8) In 1981 seven whole or noarly whole ceramic pieces, three certainly of Sung date and four others dating from the Jdth to the early i6th century, were obtained from homesteaders who had accidentally exeavated them on their tands in the area above the Ipo dam and around the headwaters of the Santa Maria River about 7 to 8 kilometers east of Ipo. (Collected by Feliciano and Islao directly from the homesteaders.) {4) In June, 1984, a very remarkable site (but one quite difficult to get to) was found by a farmer named Isabelo Ramos at a place called Kinyug or Ginyug, on land owned by a certain “Doctor Araneta” about 6 kilo- meters east of the Novaliches-Ipo Road at Km, 36?230 The Philippine Journal of Science tsa (Said to He on Tiaiok Creek, about 5 kilometers above its junction with the Santa Maria River; and to be hoars walk from Site H, in a generally east or south- easterly direction.) This Ginyug Sile consists of at least two distinctive horizons: (1) an area of about one square kilometer containing only Early to Middle Neolithic stone arti facts; and (2) a strip along one side of the area—and comprising several plowed ficlds and a small hill or ridge—containing numerous common pottery fragments mixed with sherds of Late Sung, YGan, and possibly Early Ming date. ‘The, Neolithic area contains Luzon adzes (at least three Were found) of Middte Neolithie type, asscciatod with Early Neolithic adzes of more or less typical form, and some other interesting artifacts. On the whole this site seems to demand further ex- ploration at the earliset practicable date. Decorated Manila-ware jars, and the like——Rive of our finest specimens of lirge decorated “Manila-ware” woter-jars—of 1sth, 17th, 18th century—have come from Bulakan barrios, where they have heen Preserved as heirloom pieces. Found chiedly in San José, Meycauayan, Polo, and one from Pugad- Babuy barrie. One plain Manila-ware jar also came from Bocaue. (All wore manufactured at San Pedro Makati; see Rizal Province.) Workers.—(As indicated ebove) Also H. O. Beyer, W. S. Boston, J. P. Bantug, Fidel Mayson; and (for tektites) P. W. McCaw, Miguel Selga, Ralph Busick, E. D. Hester. (For further Bulakan data, see Addendum] 25, Rizal Province (including results of the Rizal-Bulakan Archeological Survey): Early period —Prior to the year 1926, the chief finds made in Rizal Province and the Manila area had been as follows: (4) In 1887 6 small stoneware jar was excavated in San Felipe Neri, filled with small button-shaped gold eoins—each embossed with the character “ma” in the old syllabary—of a type common during the Hindu period, Most of them were melted up or disseminated, but Isabelo de los Reyes obtained a few, one of which he gave to Dr. A. B. Meyer, who Seposited an accurate cast of it in the Batavia Museum, where it probably still is. (2) Around 1901 Felipe G. Calderon and Dr, David P. Barrows exeavated two or more Sung-neriod graves in Santa Ana (sce later Beyer-Boston notes on same site}, and obtained some fine ecladon and Ting-ya0 pieces—some of which were sent to the United States by Doctor Barrows and by Dr. Wm. Musgrave of the Philippine General Hospital.34 Beyer: Outline Review of Philippine Archaeology 231 (3) In 1908 a small Sung-type stoneware jar and a small ecladon dish were found at a depth of about 4 fest in the bank of the Marikina River at the town of Montalban, by a woman washing clothes—the bank having recently partially caved down due to a storm. (4) Early in 1920 four very interesting Late Neolithic stone adzes were found by employees of Aguado Hermanos—one from the hill at the top of a stone quarry at Binangonan, and three nephrite specimens while dredging gravel from the bottom of the Pasig (just in front of the Provincial Building at Pasig). (5) In 1920 Contractor Charles G, Wing found, two fossil bovine teeth (carabao) in a deep excavation in San a Juan; while another fossil teow found while boring an artesian well through the tufa in the same viei- nity proved to be that of a prehistoric deer. . (6) An extensive hoard of iéth and 17th century silver coins, of early Spanish types used in the West Indies, Mexico, and the Philippines, was dredged up in the Marikina River (1914-1015), at a point a little below where the present bridge stands. (D In 1922 a very interesting Celte-Therian coin of the 3d century B.c, bearing a well-preserved Greek design, was dug up in a garden near the Pasig River at San Pedro Makati. (The importance of this coin was greatly enhanced by the finding of another exactly similar specimen in Pangasinan Province, q. v.) (8) About 1919-1923 Mus, Robert M. McCrory and Hazel Glark Taylor assembled a remarkable collection of old Manila gold work (both preSpanish and early Spanish, in origin), including especially bead neeldaces, earrings, finger-rings, brooches, hair-orna- ments, and the like (it is to be feared that this colleetion was partly disseminated and the remainder destroyed during the war), Period of systematic exploration (1926-1930). (Stimutated by the discoveries at the Novaliches Dam, in Febroary 1926, a period of active exploration was begun—later known as the Rizal-Bulakan Archacological Survey-—which ultimately covered about three-fourths of Rizal Province and nearly one-fourth of Bulakan. About 120 different sites were examined, and a few of the most important were explored extensively—others being explored in part only, with sections reserved for future more detailed work, The collections of this five-year period totalled nearly a half-million specimens, of which, unfortu- nately, about 73 per eont of the bulkier material wes destroyed during the recent war, Some specimens can of course be recovered from the Burean of Science and Ermita ruins, but232 The Philippine Journal of Science asker they are all more or less damaged and the labels lost, Luckily, however, the full set of catalogues and field-notes was prev served, and a good cross-section of the entire collection still sarvives. Many of the raze specimens jost had been photo graphed and described in detail, and, although our negatives were lost, a fairly good set of file-prints still remains. ‘The RizalBulakan area explored by myself, assisted by W. S. Boston, was divided into three main districts, known re- spectively as: I. Novaliches-Marilao; I. Contral District; and TIL. Lake Distriet, The collections for I and IIE were each Kept a8 a single unit, but the Central District was subdivided into five smailer units, cach with a separate catalogue. These subdivisions covered the San Juan River Valley, the Pasig- «Tagig River Valleys, the Marikina-Paray River Valleys, the special Santa Ana Collection, and the Manila sites. The various sites in the Novaliches-Marilao Distriet were designated by single or double Roman letters, white those in the Lake District were designated by Arabic numerals. In the Central District the various subdistricts and sites were distinguished by the use of one or more key-letters in front of the mumber. For example, all Manila sites south of the Pasig River were distinguished by the key-letter “E” (beeause of Ermita being the first area expiored); while, for convenience, those sites north of the Pasig River were distinguished by “RE-”. Despite the great size of the collections, it was thus possible to avoid the use of very long numbers—which tend to be nuisance and the source of frequent mistakes, in specimen handling, (As will be scen later, a stil? simpler system was adopted for Batangas Province—which was also applied to the Visayan Islands collections and to the Luzon tektite sites.) It will be possible here to give only a very brief outline of the Rizal Province finds, and, for convenience, the three principal districts and the various subdistricts will be dis- cussed separately. 1, NOVALICHES-MARILAO DISTRICT A total of 29 separate sites were examined (some being divided into several areas), and they were designated A to %, 22, YY, and XX, respectively. Sites A, B, C, E, Fy H, M,N, 8, U, W, X, Z, and XX (14 in all) may be regarded as of major importance. Sites D, G, I, L, RB, V, and ZZ (seven in all) are of sec- ondary, but considerable, importance. While the remaining eight sites, J, K, O, P, Q, T, ¥, and ‘YY are of relatively little importance (although each has pro- dueed some interesting specimens or information), and may be disregarded in the present account.+4 Beyer: Outline Review of Philippine Archaeology 233 The contents of the major ond secondary sites may be indicated very briefly, as foliows: (By horizons): Early Palacolithic.-Outerops at Sites A, M, and X contain our oldest palaecliths; associated with stegodon teeth and other fossils of probable Middle Pleistocene date, and in some cases with natural tektites, Later Palacolithic—Scattered finds of other palaeoliths (mostly Pleistoceno}, and a few definite outerops, cecur partic- ularly at Sites D, G, H, N-b, W, and XX. (Between Sites X and H, and again at Site G, there are pretty definite Late Pleistocene outcrops, containing numerous implements with recognizable characteristics.) Mesolithic —Sites G, I, Z, ZZ, and 4 few other minor localities, contain considerable quantities of pre-Neolithic obsidian and 9 flint microliths (mostly early post-Pleistoeene in dato), and a few larger mesoliths. (Site % is one of our best mixed Meso- lithie and Hearly Neolithic sites, with practically no intrusion of material of either earlicr or later date.) Early Neotithic.—(Certain interesting protoneoliths, occur- ying at Site D and elsewhere, may be here regarded as a pre- Yiminary subelass,) The Novoliches-Marilao District contains the best and most extensive Rarly Neolithic deposits yet found in the Philippines, ranging in type from rather crude Bacso- nian forms to fully ground axes and adzes of round or oval cross-section, and in date from about 4000 to 5000 B.¢., down to 2500 B.c. or a litile later. Sites A, B, D, F, GH, M, Ne b, S, V, W, X, Z, ZZ, and XX (16 in all) contain an Karly Neolithic area or horizon, but only a few of them have con- centrated deposits indicative of settlements. “Hospital Hill” at Site A, the western border of Site H, the castern border of Site M, and parts of Sites D, G, N-b, X, Z, and XX, have produced the most and best specimens. Middle Neolithic.—A few rare shouldered types, and = more numerous group of ridged (or “Luzon") adzes, are now recog- nized as a Middle Neolithic group (dating somewhere around 2000 #.0.), ancestral to the “tanged” and ridged adzes of Polynesia. ‘Their distribution is sharply defined, covering a circumseribed but continuous area in three river valleys of the Rizal-Bulakan area (the San Juan, the upper Novaliehes, and upper Marilao valleys), and a smail area in Batangas Province. Sites D, G, H, M, N-b, S, V, W, X, and XX, have all produced good specimens of thia type in small quantities. Late Neolithic—Plain-backed, transitional, and early stepped Late Neolithic adzes, chiseis, and the like (all rectangular or trapezoidal in cross-section) have a wide distribution in Rizal Provinee, but are always very limited in quantity, and nothing Tike the rich deposits of Batangas Province has been found here, Sites A, D, G, H, L, M, N, V, X, and XX, have all produced one or more good specimens, the largest numbers234 The Philippine Journal of Science i937 ming from Sites H, L, and X. Site L is purely Late Neolithic Gong ehisels, parkeloth beaters, early stepped adzes, and other fools) and scems like a spot out of the Batangas culture, No nephrite (Jade) tools ogeur in this Distriets but green jade beads of the Batangas types have been found at Sites K and L. Bronce-Age ariifacts—No bronze celts have been found in the Risal-Bulakan area; but bronzo ornaments, very similar to the Batangas types, have been found in Early Iron-Age graves at Sites A, C, and H, in this distriet, and at sile 18 gad elsewhere in the Lake Distriet, (The Site 13 extensive Geposit is probably truly Bronze Age, as will be hereafter in- dicated.) Prehistoric Fron Age—(u) Early Iron Age (2nd or ard cen- “gary 3. ¢, down to rd or 4th century 4, D.); (b) Late Tron ‘Age (dth to 9th century A.D,): Sites A, C, and H contained extensive and rich Iron-Age deposits, unmixed with any later material but only with earlior Stone-Age remains. All three Jocalities contained Iron-Age burial grounds combined with vil- Jago sites—and we excavated large arcas at each site, We found that jewelry, weapons, tools, pottery, and other material were buried with the dead—and especially the graves of the wealthy ot chieftain class produced objects of groat interest, and often of artistic merit. The four great new industries were metal working, pottery making, glassmaking, and weaving, ‘The latter art was discovered and studied through the existence of cloth imprints in the rust cakes of iron tools and weapons, placed in the same grave. Gold, silver, copper, bronze, and lead were all used to some extent, chiefly for ornaments. The carly pottery is often eovered with incised or perforated de- signs, and only the Late Iron-Age pottery is slip-covered and plain or with molded designs. Site C had most extensive Early Jron-Age deposit; Site A was about one-third Early and two- thirds Late Iron Age: while at Site H over three-fourths of the area was chiefly Late Iron Age. In addition to the three sites already mentioned, Sites B, , I, M, and possibly one or two others, had small Iron-Age deposits associated with later material, Special Iron-Age jar-burial culture—(About 8rd to 10th century A.D.2) Does not occur in tho Novaliches-Marilao Dis- trict. Poreelain-Age remains~(a) Early Monochromes (9th to 12th century a.p.); (b} Later Monochromes (13th and 14th centuries); (¢) Ming period (15th to 17th century); and (@) Spanish period and modern, (a) Part of Site B, Site B, and parts of Sites M, S, U, and, an contain Early Monoehromes in varying quantity. ite B also contains a large cremation-type butial- ground, with sovera! whole porcelain pieces in cach grave. Site E is an old village site of Sung date. ot ee a ae SU W, and XX, all contain a stratum , Sometimes mixed with or overlain by74 Beyer; Outline Review of Philippine Archaeology 235 Ming ware. (At Site B mony Thank-hoa and other Indo- China wares occur, as well az Chinese.) (c) Site F is the best Early Ming-period site, dating mostly from the 15th century; but Sites M, S, U, and W, all contain some Ming material mixed with earlier morochromes. This whole distriet appears to have heen largely depopulated during the Middle and Late Ming periods (16th and 17th centuries). (d) Very few early Spanish-period remains have been found in this district, and it is not until the middle 18th century, or after, that extensive reinhabitation appears. Historic re- mains of 18th and 19th century date are found chiefly in parts of Sites D, J, K, O, P, and other less important places. Cer- tain fragments of “Manila-ware” vessels, clay-pipes, and jars have the chief distributional interest. » (IL. Contra} Distriet: For convenience, discussion of the much subdivided Central District will follow the Lake District.) I, LAKS pistnct Seventy-one sites were examined, of which some 14 were excavated partially or extensively. The quality of the various sites may be estimated as follows: Prot slace-Sites 5, % 11, 18, 15, 17, 22 24, 34, 52, 54, 67 and 63 (or 18 im all), (Not all of such sites have been com- pletely explored.) (Sites 18, 17, and 24 were most productive in specimen quantities.) Scoond class.—Sites 2, 3, 8, 16, 21, 28, 31, 82, 98, 35, 36, 88, 42, 48, 45, 53, 56, 58, 68, and 71 (or 20 in all}. ‘These are good sites, but smaller; a fow partly exeavated. (All have contributed information of value.) Third class—Siles 6, 9, 10, 14, 18, 19, 27, 37, 41, 44, 48, 56, 59, 60, 67, and 69 (or 16 in all.) (‘These sites should mostly be further explored.) (Some important specimens have been obtained from all these sites.) Of Tittle importance,—Sites 1, 4, 12, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 89, 40, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, and 70 (or 22 in al). (A few are worth further exploration.) The contents of the above sites may be classified briefly as follows: Palaeolithic —Some early palaeoliths end natural tektites (but no important fossils) found in Sites 19, 24, 42, 53, 58, $0, and 63; good later palacoliths in Sites 18, 23, 48, 55, and 87 especially. Mesolithic.—Extensive deposits of pre-Neolithie obsidian and flint microliths, ete,, in Sites 18, 21, 22, 27, 57, and 68; and less quantities in several other areas. (These Lake District Me- solithic sites are the best yet found in the Philippines—exeept, perhaps, the Kubao sites of the Central Distriet, to he dis- cussed hereafter.) Protoncoliths—Found in considerable numbers in the Tanay River Valley; see especially Sites 23, 88, 43, 54, ete.236 The Philippine Journal of Science sett Barly Neolithic—Scarce in the Lake Distriet, except in, the Baras and Pililla River Vaileys; see chiefly Sites 17, 22, 24-b, ete. ‘Middle Neolithie—(Typical ridged and shouldered specimens are wholly absent im the Lake District; but some interesting transitional forms between Early and Late Neolithic exist.) ‘Late Neolithic—Adzes, chisels, and barkcloth heaters Girned), of fairly typical forms, are found in several widely separated parts of the Lake District, bat in very small quan- tity. One nephrite chisel and threo fully stepped adzes (similar to Batangas types) have been found. See especially Sites 19 (horned barkeloth-beater, etc.) ; 22, 28 24-b, 84 (unique red stepped adze); 58, and 54 (well-stepped adzcs); ete. - ‘Bronze-Age artifacts One pact of Site 18 has an extensive deposit of Bronze-Age jewelry, ornamental objects, ‘and pos- sibly fragments of a few tools, etc. (but no celts or speaz- heads yet found). Sites 11 and 17 also contain a few picecs ‘of Bronze-Age type jewelry. Prehistoric Tron AyeSite 17, our largest and richest site in this district, containa o distinct Iron-Age horizon unmixed with other cultures; and Sites 8, 5, 7 14, 24-¢, and 36 all have interesting Iron-Age deposits, in contact with carly Por- celain-Age cultures. In two or three ather sites (see 35, 53, 59, especially), interesting fragments of Iron-Age jewelry and other artifacts have been found. (Sites 5 and 47 contain the largest quantities of Iron-Age beads; ete.) The Lake District Tron-Age deposits are mostly, if not wholly, of Middie or Lute Tron-Age dates. Pro-Spanish Poreslain-Age sites—(«) Tang-Sung Early Mo- nochromes; (b) Later Sung and Yuan Monochromes; (¢) Early Ming-period wares (15th century); (d) Middle Bing ware (16th century): (a) Early Monochrome period.—Parts of Sites 5, 7, and 1%, especially. (Site 7 offers the greatest variety of early types—mostiy from on old village midden, plus also a few graves containing whole pieces.) (8) Later pro-RMing monochromes.—Sites 5, 17, 22; plus parts of Sites 11, 83, 36, and a few minor localities. (Site 22 contains one of tho best assortments of later monochromes to be found anywhere in Rizal Province, and is almost eom- pletely free of any admixture of later material.) (c) Early Ming wares—Parts of Sites 11, 17, and 24, plus Sites 45, 58, and 55 are good examples, with several minor localities. (Site 24, in certain areas, contains the greatest quantities of unmixed material in village middens; while buried whole pieces have heen recovered from graves in Sites 11, 45, and elsowhere, in small quantity.) (d) Middle Ming wares—Very Targe midden deposits of 16th century Ming wares, in great variety, are found in Sites 18 and 15, with practically no earlier or later wares mixed in. (Also parts of a few other smaller sites.)34 Beyer: Outline Review of Philippine Archaeology 237 Spanish period and historie rematns—(a) Late Ming and 17th century; (b) 18th-19th century and modern: (a) Late Ming and other 17th century remains. —Site 16, for ceramic wares; Site 17, for beads, other jewelry, and misecl- Taneous artifacts; parts of a few other sites (especially Sites 8, 20, 56, ete). (@) Etghteonth Contury to modern—Sites 8, 9; parts of 16, Mt, and 14; 25, 36, ete, IL, CENTRAL DISTRICT AND SPECIAL SITES It wilt be most convenient to discuss each of the five sub- districts or special sites completely under its separate heading, but im a more generalized manner than was adopted for the other districts, ° Although only about 20 sites have been allotted to the Central District, several of them wore divided into several areas each, while the Manila sites (counted ag a single group) wore subdivided into a large number of special areas and sub- areas, (We here do no more than list them, with a very generalized indication of their contents.) 1, San Juan’ River Volley Subdistrict Bight original sites, nomibered SJ-1 to SJ-8. Only SJ-8 and SJ-5 remained of permanent importunee; although a number of good specimens were found in nearly all of the others (notably our best specimen of the Middle Neolithic “Luzon” ridged adze, from SJ-2). Four of the original sites were afterwards (during the 1931-1941 period) incorporated either with Manila or with the special Santa Mesa and Kubao sites, to be discussed hereafter. Site SJ3—Covering the townsite of San Franciseo del Monte, this site contains three groups of interesting ma- terial: First, a large dome-shaped low elevation known as “Buck's Hill,” containing an extensive deposit of Middle and Late Neolithic artifacts, consisting of # few fragmentary or damaged adzes associated with large numbers of tmtch-nsed or worn flaked implements made both of obsidian and of tektite natural glasa. (Arrow or dart points, drills, scrapers, small knives, and com- Bination tools, are the commonest types.) Sceond, an area containing a considerable quantity of {6th and 17th century ceramic frazments (both imported and local), indicating a village site of that period. Third, a group of ruins consisting chiefly of early Spanish stone build- ings, known to have been destroyed during the “Chinese rebellion” about 1640, and never rebuilt, Site $J5—Known as “the Tuason Site,” this place was apparently an ancient trading-station located at a much- used crossing of the San Juan River. There appear to have been Late Neolithic “stations” or small villages on both banks of the river, and along a small ereck that enters the river ab this point. (A few well-Gnished WesThe Philippine Journal of Seience way rectangular adzes ond chiscls, associated with many faked implements of obsidian, fiint, chert, etc, are found.) . "After the Late Neolithic there are no signs of occupation until the 15th century when another small village existed, chiefly on the west bank, until the Spanish oceupation in the late 16th century, after which it also disappears. 2. Pasig-Tagig Subdistrict.—(Covering the whole area south of the Pasig River, through the Tagig Valley, and along the Lake shore through Bagumbayan and Sukat as far as Alabang.) Seven original sites, numbered PT-I to PT-7. Only three of these (PT-2, PT-4, and PT-7) have heen extensively devel- oped, although u few interesting specimens have come from all (notably the three nephrite adzes mentioned on p. 231, par. 4 from Site PT-1). t Site PT-2: San Pedro Makati; (2) Greck-coin area (see p. 231, par. 7, already discussed); (0) Manila-ware kilns: Three kiln-sites of 16th to 18th century exea- vated, and large quantities of “Manila-ware” fragments obiained. Site PT-4: Tagig Cemetery Area. Ancient village site and durial ground of Tang-Sung Darly Monochrome period partly exeavated, and many good fragments and a few whole picces obtained. (Similar to Santa Ana.) Sito PT-7: Bagumbayan Site. A few Late Neolithic stone adzes and chisels, associated with large quantities of flaked obsidian and flint implements. (A large site, near Lake shore, occupying nearly a square kilometer of gently rolling hills and grassland.) 3. Marikina-Puray Subdistrict-—Three original sites, num- ered MP-1 to MP-3, Of little importance as yet, except part of MP-2 (“Sung grave Area”; see p. 281, par. 8, ante). (‘This whole subdistrict warrants further extensive exploration, Sor which time has not yet been available.) 4. Special Santa Ana Site-A special site, consisting of three areas some distance apart, covering a part of the location of the old Kingdom of Sapa, of pre-Spanish times. A special cata- logue was set up for this collection, which is of good size and quality. The excavations included a few graves, an ancient shell-heap, and several sections of village middens. Arca 1 was inhabited from the 9th or 10th century, a.p., down to the 14th century (under Empire of Sri-Vishaya}, Area 2 wag inhabited chiefly during the 15th and early 16th centuries (ander Mad- Japahit and Brunei), Many interesting objects were found In this site, that distin- guished it clearly from alt other sites except that of Tagig PT-4 above). 5. Special Manila Sites.— (Although properly included in the Rizal-Balakan Collection, the Manila City area will in the"5% Beyer: Outline Review of Philippine Archaeology 239 Present paper be treated as a separate province, and as such will be discussed as No. 26 below.) Later period (sporadic exploration, 1931~1941),—Minor additions were made to the Rizal-Bulakan Collection throughout the fol- lowing deeade, and a now series was begun for the Novaliches- Marilao District (distinguished by the key-letter “N-”), No other important changes were effected, but four new special sites were set up, the first two of which proved extensive and iroportant enough to he each given a separate new catalogue: 1. Special Santa Mesa Tektite and Archaeological Site— Discovered by Fidel Mayson in 1936, this soon proved to be one of our most important areas of exploration—and an extensive collection, totalling several hundred thousands of specimens, was built up during thé following years, Contents include small numbers of Middle and Late Pleistocene palaeoliths, great numbors of tektites and pscudo-tektites, stall numbers of Mesolithic and Neolithie artifacts, and limited areas con- taining Poreclain-Age deposits of late pre-Spanish and early Spanish dates. (Due to cortain geological movements and changes in the area, a great deal was learned about the weathering and patination of tektites and palacoliths under certain conditions.) As this site lies along or near the eastern and northeastern edges of Manila City, it was readily accessible and could be explored mote or less con- tinuously. 2, Special Kubao Tektite and Archaeological Site—Diseov- ered by myself, accompanied by Mr. B.D. Hester, in January, 4936, this ultimately proved to be one of our largest and most informative tektite and Early Stone-Age areas of explora- tion, It Ties just to the cast of the Santa Mesa Site, in the area then known as “New Manila” and now called “Quezon City." (The extensive road-building and real- estate development going on there, aided-greatly the ease of our exploration.) Here, for the first time, we found considerable areas of undisturbed geologic deposits—with both tektites and early stone-impiement types in place, In the lower strata we found a few interesting Pleistocene palaeoliths in the same layer with undisturbed tektites, while in two layers above, we found a rich deposit of flaked mesolithic semimieroliths in an undisturbed stratum of red lateritie clay. ‘The upper soil layers are mostly barren, and indicate little er no inhabita- tion of the area in Neolithic and later times~at least until the middle 18th century. 8, A small tektite and early stone-implement area, known as Bacsa, lies just to the north of Manila, near the Rizal- Bulakan boundary. Contents similar te Kubao, but very much seattered and scarce. Further exploration is warvanted, in ome areas.240 The Philippine Journal of Science 13a7 A. The Navotas-Malabon Site-—Navotas is 2 long, nario’ spleer-shaped island, in the municipality of Malabon and in- Lubited largely by fishermen. It is interesting ethnographic- ily on account of the many types among the thousands of small watereraft that line the shores. It is interesting archaeologically because of two Tacls* ib appears to have boon a landing-piace or trade-contor for e eprad Chinese merehantinen in the Late Tang and Badly Gung periods (3th to 12th conbury A.D.)3 and consideraule sRmbers of eoramnie fragments have been found in cortain venddunes along the shores. Second, the grounds around genta ancient ruins of Spanish atone buildings, near the south ond of the island, have yielded many interesting frag- ments of 16th and 17th century ceramie wares—chiefly Chinese, ¢ Further study, and some excavation, of the Tang-Sung ceramiefragment area was interrupted by the war, and should be resumed in the near future. Workers—(As indicated under the preceding various items.) Main survey conducted by H. Q, Beyer and W. S. Boston, acpisted in various ways by Wm. 1. Brown, B. D. Hester, A. V- FL. Hartendorp, James V. Pappa, Gordon & Haley, Paul Mack, F. P. Domingo, Rafael Palma, and others. First, 26. Manila City: (a) North of the Pasig River; (v) south of tha Pasig. {a) North of the Pasig (key-letiers “EE").—Twelve separate indi- vidual sites or areas explored, as follows: LE. A Chinese building at corner of Pinpin and Das- marifias. Cosmopolitan building site, near Sta, Cruz Bridge. Great Bastern Hotel Site, Calle Echague. Heaeock building, corner David and Escolta. Insular Life building, Plaza Cervantes. Reyes (now Soriano) building site, Plaza Cer- vantes, ‘Uy Yet building (China Bank Area), Calle Das- marifias. Cu Unjieng building site, Escolta and Pinpin. Ideal Theater building site, Rizal Avenue. Trade and Commerce building, Calle Juan Tuna. : (Miscellaneous street exeavations.} : Santo Tomas University Campus (“Bill's Site”), Espafia. (Contents: Exeavations for building sites proved very in- teresting and informative regarding the history of Manila. Accurate chronology worked out for downtown area, showing regular subsidence of around 14 inches per century. Good series of datable Chinese and European porcelains obtained in great quantity; also contemporary native and southeastern Asia wares. Some whole pic Asia ares, pieces found as well as fragments34 Beyer: Outline Review of Philippine Archaeology 241 (b) South of the Pasig (key-lettor “Z-").—Fourteen separate individual sites or areas explored to some degree, and a few of them excavated extensively: E-ESG: Ermita School Garden (Agriculture and Com- merce building), Wallace Field. E+LLT: Laong Laan Tennis Court area, Wallace Field. E-LD: “Luis Dato” area, cast of Tennis Court, Wal- lace Field. E-WF: Wallace Field, in general. E-IP: Calle Isaac Peral area (Taft to M. H. del Pilar). E-UP: University of the Philippines Campus; espe- cially area near Florida. * E-WB: Weather Bureau and Ateneo grounds. E-BS: Bureau of Science grounds (and fishpond area). E-MW: Manila Walls and Moat area. E-WC: Various excavations inside Walled City. E-PO: Post-Office building site, B-MT: Metropolitan Theater building site. E-CB: Colgante Bridge aren (south approach, Que- zon Bridge). E-CH: New City Hall site, (Contents: The Post Office, Metropolitan Theater, and Colgante Bridge areas were very deeply excavated, and produecd enormous collections of interesting ceramic and other material from the old Chinese Parian of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, Little modern material, except in upper soil layers.) The Ermita School Garden and most of the various Wal- Jace Field areas Hie on the site of old Bagumbayan—the “New Town” built in the last third of the 16th century by the Manila natives ejected from the pre-Spanish town by Goiti and Legaspi, Many interesting types of native pot- tery, “Monila-ware,” clay-pipes, coins, beads, native jewelry, and other articles, have been found, ‘The Ermita area was probably made up largely of sand- dunes of various sizes, in pre-Spanish and early Spanish times. Some excavations show the remains of sueh duncs, and oceasionally they contain interesting old objects, partic- ularly on Isaac Peral, Florida, near the Weather Bureau (Ateneo), and the Bureau of Science, Deep borings for setting up telephone and electrie-light poles have also often brought up interesting objects—along several strects in this area, General history of the Manila arca.—Results of our exploration indieate that downtown Manila was inhabited only from about 1480 or 1500 onwards. The really old part of the area lies up the River, and has been explored by our special Santa Ana Site—already listed under Rizal Province.242 The Philippine Journal of Science 307 Workers—H. 0. Beyer, Anacleto Manvel, J. P. Bantug, G. E. Miller, Waiter Robb, Salt and Heistanc, C. Bauer, I, Cohen, Juan Nakpil. (For additional data see Addendum.) 27. Cavite Province: Stone-Age romoins—Several plowed fields (mostly with red foil) along the main road to Tagaytay, and others near In- dang, have produced small numbers of obsidian and stint mi- eroliths, while excavation neat the Manila Hotel Site at Te- guytay Ridge produced a good Late Neolithic barkeloth beater. {A few other obsidian and flint microliths, probably of Neo- Hihic date, were picked up along the trail to the Diesta Site to be deseribed later.) Possible Fron-Age site.—A thin layer of smali sherds of common ‘red pottery was examined in the back wall of » stzable ex- cavation near the Van Schaick residence on ‘Tagaytay Ridge, No associated objects were found, but the pottery itself is almost identical with the Early Iron-Age material from the Novaliches District sites. (This vicinity should be further examined, both for additional Late Neolithie remains and for possible Iron-Age artifacts.) Porcelain-Age sites—Only one important pre-Spanish site has ‘heen investigated—that on the Diesta Farm, in Pafigil barrio, about half-way between Amadeo and Indung, and accessible py trail only. About 10 whole pieces of 15th and early 16th century Ming wares were accidentally excavated when a siz- able ditch across one end of the farm was being dug; and a later visit by EK. D, Hester disclosed the presence of good midden fragments, from a nearby village site, being plowed up in the surrounding fields, One sizable piece of a 15th century Sawankhalok tall jariet was also plowed up. Mr. Hester expressed the opinion that a ton or moxe of midden fragments might easily be gathered from the plowed Acids seen by him in 1982, Hesier’s original visit had been made from Indang, on horseback, but in 1940 he and I tricd again to reach the site from Amadeo—going by car nearly to Paigil barrio, and then on foot for several kilometers. We found the midden- filled fields now overgrown by tall grass and brush—as cul- tivation had been shifted to other fields—but we did gather a small bagful of fragments from two adjoining new fields. These appear a little older than the first finds, and indicate that the upper side of the village site began at least as early as the 14th century. (The whole area looks very interesting, and merits further exploration and search for other sites.) Historie sites-—The whole Cavite coast, from old Cavite town 28 far south as Ternate, was the scat of important happenings in the Early Spanish régime (and before), and should contain important historical remains meviting exploration. (Als9 Buck's fire-walkers,) Workers. de Mitkiewiez, Robert L. Pendleton, H. H. Buck, E, D, Hester, H. 0, Beyer, Tomas Tirona.794 Beyer: Outline Review of Philippine Archaeology 243 28. Batangas Province: Next to the Rizal-Bulakan area, Batangas Province has proved to be the most important archaeological area yet discovered in the Philippines, and, as regards its uniquely rich Late Neolithie remains, one of the most remarkable Late Stone-Age sites found anywhere in the world, Our systematic explora- tion, lasting for nearly 2 decade (1922-1941), is now known as the Batangas Archaeological Survey, and has been recorded in a special catglogue running to some eight volumes. The area explored is a continuous one, covering a little more than 420 ‘square miles—including practically alt of the municipal- ities of Cuenca, Alitagtag, Taal, San Luis, Bauan, and border- ing parts of Hatangas, San José, and Lipa. Before the results of the systematic Survey are viken up, finds in other parts of Batangas Province will be briefly ” considered: Batangas finds outside systematic area: In 1920 a tenant-farmer while digging a well near Lake Teal, inside Lipa municipality, found a brown-glazed Chinese Jor containing a vemarkable bronze image of Oriental type and rather crude native manufacture, Both jar and image appear to be definitely pre-Spanish, but of uncertain date (Early Ming or pre-Ming, apparently) . In February, 1021, three interesting stone implements were found by myself and Major Eugene de Mitkiewies in a ficld near Tanauan, ond Mitkiewicz also obtained a small Early Ming dragon-jar that had been excavated by a farmer in a field near Lake Taal, One of the stone implements waa the first Middle Neolithic shouldered axe to be found in the Phil- jppines; while a second was a peculiar sharpened small quartz disk of 2 type exactly similar to others later found in the Late Neolithic systematic area. Ia 1984 I briefly explored the original Lipa townsite in Balete barrio destroyed by the great eruption of the middle 1th century. Interesting Middle and Late Ming midden anaterial was found in several plowed fields, on a low ridge several hundred meters distant from the vuined church, A Good-sized pre-Spanish village was apparently located there for at least a half-century or more before the Spanish oceapa- tion, A small Stone-Age community probably also cxisted— since in an orange grove on a nearby hill some 25 flaked obsidian implements were picked up, (The area should be explored further.) Some time in the middle 19803 a Bureau of Science em- ployee found two good stone axes and several pitted stone hammers in a barrio of Lemory. In 1936, in the barrio of San Pedro of Batangas town, a ereek running into an old river bed exposed several Early Ming porcelain dishes, buried at a depth of about 2 meters. The pieces were obtained by Melecio Arceo, of Balangas, and two of them were later brought fo me at Manila by Missist The Philippine Journal of Science Remedios Abdon. They are blue and white 15th century Chinese pieces, in good condition. Tt seems evident that there je an Early or Middle Ming burial ground in this vieinity that should be further investigated. Jn 1940 Pedro Malabanan, of Bulaknin barrio, Lipa mu- nicipality, found 2 fine specimen of medium-large nephrite Late Neolithic adze (plain-backed) on his farm; and later found two others of slightly different color and form. The first specimen was brought to me in Manila by Miss Emilia Malabanan, but the two others have not been seen. They fare interesting as being the farthest north of any similar specimens yet found in Batangas. Tektites—In February, 1928, an interesting whole toktite was “found near Iban, in @ field also containing obsidian flaked implements and cores, and was sent in to the Ryreau of Selence for identification, In October it was turned over to me by the Director, after I had identified it as a tektite; and je preserved as our first recorded tektite specimen from Ba- tangas Provinee. Fr. Miguel Selga, who had seen the above specimen, started his weather observers looking for tektites elsewhere in the provinee, and they were able to find several in the barrio of Rosario, also in Ibaan. Some of these tektites were sent by Fr, Selga to Prof. A. Lacroix, of Paris, who had one of them analyzed, and in 1981 published a short paper on the Batangas specimens. Other tektite finds from the systematic axea will be men- tioned later. Batangas west eowst—-Two areas have been explored on the west coastal area: (a) the Nasugbu-Lian area; and () the Calatagan Peninsula, (@) Nosugbu-Lian area: In the carly 19303 Anacleto Manuel found three guod Porcelain-Age pre-Spanish sites im the Nasugbu-Lian area, and made o con- siderable collection of good midden fragments Mostly the material is 14th and 15th century Early ‘Ming, and is notable for having some Sawankhalok fragments mixed in. (Further exploration scems warranted.) (4) Calatagan Peninsula.—in 1984, at the sitio known as Bolombaté, on the Zobel Estate, there was partly exposed an ancient pre-Spanish burial ground of the 16th and 16th centuries—most of the graves containing whole porcelain pieces, jewelry, and utensils, as well as fairly well-preserved skeletons. In certain cane-fields, and in another area where the ground was being smoothed for a polo-field, the middens of two or more old village sites were also exposed. Here, in addition to much pre- Spanish material, there were also found Spanish- period objects {including coins) of the 16th anda4 Beyer: Outline Review of Philippine Archaeology 245 Vith centuries, Chinese coins of the Ming dynasty were also found. Most of the porcelain ware is un- dowbtedly of the 15th century, although some 14th and 16th century material is also in evidence (both Chinese and Sawankhalok types being found), Glass bracelets and beads predominate among the jewelry; also several gold objects are said to have been so- questered or stolen by the workmen, Some porce- lain pieces were also disseminated, and some were Kept by the Zobel family, but a majority of the ma- terial found was turned over by Mr. Enrique Zobet to the National Museum. Ricardo E. Galang visited the site for the Na- tional Museum, and collected considerable midden , material. He also found several Neolithic stone im- plements in the cane-fields, They mostly resemble the Late Neolithic adzes and ehiscls from the sys- tematic Batangas area, but only one was stepped. In 1940 Oloy T. Janse, Swedish archacologist, ex- cavated nearly 60 graves in threo different burial sites, in the Calatagan area, known as Pinagpatayan, Pulo Bakao, and Kay Tomis. A large collection of Early Ming porcelains, both Chinese and Sawankha- lok, was obtained, as well as jewelry, weapons, uten- sils, ete., including spindle-whorls in female graves. Some bodies hed been beheaded and in one caso the head was repiaced by a porcelain howl. One grave contained a skull with gold-inlaid teeth, similar to those commonly found in cave-burials in certain Vis sayan islands, A few of the earlier graves might be of Late Sung or Yuan date, as they contained no blue-and-white wares, Near the Kay Toms bu- rial-ground, a few Late Neolithic stone implements were found in the ground, Most of the Janse material was shipped to the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard, but a considerable number of pieces were kept at Calatagan by the Zobel family. (See Addendum for further data.) The Batangas Archecological Survey (1992-1941}.—The first important site in the systematic area was discovered by the late Capt. F. G. Roth in the early part of 1952, while I was absent from Manila on a six-week trip to northern Indo- China and South China. Roth contributed greatly to our sub- sequent exploration, down to the end of 1937; and the results. stand as a fitting memorial to his name. The last collected lot of the systematie exploration was delivered in Manila on December 2, 1941—less than a week before the outbreak of the war, Luckily, 80 per cent of the Ba- tangas material survived the conflict—and it stands today as our best single collection, and one of the finest of its kind ever made anywhere.246 The Philippine Journal of Science IMT It consists of 282 separate deliveries or small collections, con- taining a total of 8,505 separate packages to each of which a single nurbor was given (preceded by the koy-letters “BM-”). ‘The size of each packago varies from a single specimen up to several hundreds, so that the total collection comprises more than a quarter of a million pieces. Roth's original site, at Makulut barrio of Cuenca, contained only Late Neolithic material, but as oux collecting ground spread gradually southward through Alitagtag and Bauan, and west- ward to Taz}, new horizons began to crop up, and by 193% we had a full Stone-Age series from Early Palaeolithic to the Jatest Neolithie and the Bronze Age. Truo prehistoric Tron- ‘Age and carly Poreelain-Age remains are very scarce—absont, in fact, from most of the systematic area, and where found are confined within very limited and definite boundaries. The true modern period begins only in the 14th or 15th century, from which time the population was continuous and gradually multiplying down to the Spanish occupation and after. The Late Neolithic culture runs throughout the systematic area of Batangas, and was the basic characteristic of the largest and most widely distributed population. The other Stone-Age and later cultures are of much moe Jimited extent, and erop up chiefly in circumscribed areas in different parts ef the sys- tematically worked region. The different horizons identified and their chief characteristics are hereunder briefly discussed: Palacolithic romaine——While several scattered early pulaeo- liths (mostly of chalcedony or quartz; see BM-858, BM-8387, ete.) had been picked up in the course of our collecting, it was not until the end of 1938 and beginning of 1939 that we located a true Palacolithic site of definite Pleistocene date. We had noted for sometime that many flaked Mesolithic and Neo- Hthie implements-—cspecially those coming from the northesst- ern part of Taal municipality—showed large patches of older workod surfaces, as though they might be re-worked palacoliths. But in the last lot for 1988 there eame a package from u collector in Sampa barrio of Taal, containing whole specimens of Palaeolithic choppers, or handaxes, showing the original worked surfaces undamaged throughout This led to the dis- covery in that barrio of a true Late Pleistocene outerop con- taining whole palacoliths— and a brief preliminary exploration of it was made in 1980-1940. ‘Tension leading jater to war prevented oir plans for more thorough exploration from being ever carried out, and the site still remains improperly investigated, Mesolithic artifacts (chiefly of obsidian and fine-yrained ba- salts).—Considerabie numbers were found in certain parts of the Batangas systematic area. They are of two basie types, widely different in character: (1) A large type, showing some kinship to the Hoabinhian and Sumatra-type late palaeoliths of Southeastern Asia; and (2) a class of scmimicroliths (chiefly of obsidian and fine-grained basalts).TSt Beyer: Outline Review of Philippine Archaeology 247 Natural and worked tektites. Natural whole tektites have not so far heen found Inside the systematic area (although they occur in limited numbers in Ibaan municipality nearby); but cores and flaked implements of tektite glass are found in small quantity among both the mosoliths and early neoliths, They have probably been transported from Ihaan, or from some other more productive site not yet located. Early Neolithia remains.—Most of the Early Neolithic axes, adzes, chisels, cte., so far found in Batanges show signs of reuse by the Late Neolithic folk. Some are merely repolished without change of form; but many others have been partially or wholly re-ground into approximations of rectangular-adze forms. Some have, in faet doubtless been so thoroughly re- worked aa to conceal their origin; and have thus bers: usually classified by us ee ordinary Late Neoliths. However, the * total number of identifiable specimens is considerable, although forming only a small fraction of the trae Late Neoliths, (One factor aiding identification is the material—since Early Neo- Hiths are usually of andesite or schist, while true Late Neo- Jiths are of harder and different stones.) ‘This extensive reuse renders dificuls any proper distributional studies; never- theless from our work to date it is possible to state that the Early Neolithic culture was much less widespread than the Late Neolithic, and that it centered around certain definite areas rather widely separated. The original culture appears to have been quite similar to, and probably contemporary with, ~ that found in Rizel-Bulakan. It is still doubtful as to whether or not the Early Neolithic folk had barkcloth beaters of stone; but they certainly appear definitely in the Middle Neolithie, although not fully developed and diversified until the beginning of the Late Neolithie period. Middle Neolithic remains.—If the Middle Neolithic ever existed in Batangas as 2 separate period, it was certainly @ short one and of quite limited distribution. Nevertheless, several very characteristic shouldered and ridged specimens of Middle Neolithic types have been found, and the few Ba- tangas ridged specimens are even more definitely transitional to Polynesian and Kast Pacific forms than are those of Rizal- Belakan. The stone materials used, however, correspond more closely to the Late Neolithic than to the Barly—which is just the opposite from the Rizal-Bulakan Middle Neolithic, (It is possible that the actual mixing of the Middle with the Late Neo- lithic culture occurred on the mainland, as Heine-Geldern has already suggested, and the Middle type-forms appeared in Ba- tangas with the first phase of the Late Neolithie, rather than earlier.) Late Neolithic poriod—-As has atveady been several times indicated, the systematically explored Batangas area is basic- ally a rich Late Neolithic site. The specimens collected run literally into the hundreds of thousands, and it will be possible here to give only a brief suggestion of the great varicty of types