PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
SOURCES: TABON MAN
Primary source Secondary source
(Robert B. Fox) (William Henry Scott)
Authors Background Robert Bruce Fox was William Henry Scott was
born on January 17, born on July 10, 1921, in
1928, in Salem, Ohio, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
USA. He earned his He completed his
Bachelor of Arts degree undergraduate studies
in Anthropology from at DePauw University
Beloit College in and earned his master's
Wisconsin and later degree in history at the
pursued graduate University of Michigan.
studies in anthropology.
Robert B. Fox was an William Henry Scott was
American archaeologist an American historian
known for his work in and ethnographer
Philippine archaeology, known for his extensive
particularly in Tabon research on Philippine
Cave, where he history and culture, with
excavated ancient a focus on pre-colonial
human remains. His society. He conducted
research significantly ethnographic research,
contributed to the authored significant
understanding of works, and contributed
Philippine prehistory. to a deeper
understanding of the
Philippines' historical
and cultural heritage.
When was the account It was written in the year It was written in the year 1968
written? (context) 1965
Key personalities Robert J. Braidwood William Henry Scott
(mentor) (Historian and
Collaborators and Ethnographer)
colleagues in the Indigenous Communities
Philippines (Igorot and other groups
Students and assistants he studied)
International
archaeological community
Sequencing of events During the initial excavations Earliest human skull remains
of Tabon Cave, June and July, in the Philippines are the
1962, the scattered fossil fossilized fragments of a skull
bones of at least three and jawbone of three
individuals were excavated, individuals.
including a large fragment of
a frontal bone with the
brows and portions of the
nasal bones
Differences between the Robert B. Fox would William Henry Scott’s
two accounts typically provide contributions are
primary sources, which typically in the form of
are original documents, secondary sources,
artifacts, or eyewitness which involve the.
accounts related to a interpretation, analysis,
historical event or and synthesis of primary
period. sources and existing
historical research.
Your own analysis of the Robert B. Fox’s primary sources would be the raw
differences between the materials of historical research, while William Henry
two accounts Scott’s secondary sources would be the result of
scholarly interpretation and analysis of those primary
sources. Both types of sources are valuable for
understanding and reconstructing history, but they
serve different roles in historical research.
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