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Comparative Analysis for Primary
and Secondary Source –The Tabon
Caves.
ELIA MARIZ M. AGUSTIN
BSN 2-YB-19
Primary Source: The Tabon Secondary Source:
Cave: Archaeological Prehispanic Source
Exploration and Materials for the study
Excavation on Palawan of the Philippine History
Island, Philippines By By William Henry Scott
Robert B. Fox
Authors Background; William Henry Scott
Robert B. Fox Profession:
Profession: •Historian
•Anthropologist Role of a Historian:
Role of an Anthropologist: •Specialize in investigation
•Specializeindiscoveryofhu and analysis of competing
manremains and artifacts ideas, facts, and purported
facts
Account Written; 1968
•1965
–University of Santo
–Philippine Journal of Tomas
Science
Type of Evidence/s; There were ‘civilizations’ in the
The Tabon Cave, itself, is the site where possibly Philippines that some would identify to
the oldest Homo sapiens sapiens fossil evidence be “kingdoms” but this is an
in Southeast Asia in the form of a tibia fragment “oversimplification” of how these
dating to 47,000+/- 11-10,000 years ago (IV- ancient/medieval societies “operated”.
2000-T-97) has been found (Dizon et al, 2002,
Annex 8). There are also a right mandible dating
This is why I personally prefer the term
to 31,000 +-8-7,000 years ago (PXIII-T-436) and “Polity” or “Political Entity” because it
a frontal bone dating to 16,500 +- 2,000 years doesn’t have any preconceived
ago (previously dated to 22,000-24,000 BP). The notions attached to it.
dates are based on isotopic 230 Th/U 234 ratio.
Another fossil mandibular fragment raises the
issue of a possible colonization of Palawan by
Pongidae during the Upper Pleistocene (16,500
+- 2,000 BP).
Mention of date;
June and July 1962
-Initial Excavations of Tabon
cave conducted by the author June and July 1962
himself
He recounts the site as it was
being excavated, implying 7,000 B.C, 20,000.
that the Tabon people lived Initial Excavations of
between 22,000 and 24,000
years ago
B.C., 28,000 B.C
Mention of place; Tabon Cave in
Palawan.
The discovery of the
West coast of (Tabon
TABON cave in palawan
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Primary Source: The Tabon Secondary Source:
Cave: Archaeological Prehispanic Source
Exploration and Materials for the study
Excavation on Palawan of the Philippine History
Island, Philippines By By William Henry Scott
Robert B. Fox
Sequencing of event.
explains the sequence of the
event Scott just describe the
specifically as if it was directly place as a kind of little
observed making placing him as
Stone Age factory
the reliable source on the Tabon
man discover
He describes the place as it
was making data that the
Tabon man were probably
dated from 22,000 to 24,000
years ago
Difference of the two
William Henry Scott is the
accounts.
secondary
Robert was really the one
source, which contains
who discovered Tabon
assessments and
Man, I can really say he is
commentaries on the discovery
more credible to talk about
of the 'Tabon
the topic because of the
man.' He even included a
way he wrote the readings. scenario and his judgment
It seemed like he was on how a 'Tabon man' might
describing the happenings appear if he were properly
that he witnessed first- dressed.
hand and wrote it in his
personal journal.
analysis about the accounts.
based on my analysis, I believe Robert B. Fox to be a more
credible speaker on the topic than William Henry Scott.
William was plainly outdone by Robert in terms of writing,
which further supports Robert's reliability. Robert was a
renowned expert on pre-Hispanic history in the Philippines
as well as an anthropologist. William Henry Scott,
meanwhile, was a prehistoric and central Gran Cordillera
historian of the Philippines. Anthropologists often focus
more on the many aspects of people in both historical and
contemporary society. While historians may focus more on
particular historical events, figures, locations, or objects.
Robert is more grounded and valid as a result of this
comparison, which is another significant factor.
