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Detail on a jar cover molded into a human head. Even though the burial jars are similar to that of the pottery found in Kulaman Plateau, Southern Mindanao and many more excavation sites here in the Philippines, what makes the Maitum jars uniquely different is how the anthropomorphic features depict “specific dead persons whose remains they guard”.
Comparisons among earthenwares excavated in the Maitum Site and other sites in Southeast Asia reveal several similarities like the earthenware shards from Tambler, the Manunggul Jar from Palawan, and Ban Chiang pottery from Thailand. However, as of now, the Philippines is the only area in Southeast Asia where this type of burial jar can be ...
Manunggul Burial Jar; Calatagan Ritual Pot; Maitum Anthropomorphic Burial Jar No. 13; Maitum Quadrangular Burial Jar; Leta-Leta Jarlet with Yawning Mouth; Leta-Leta Footed Jarlet; Leta-Leta Presentation Dish; Pandanan 14th Century Blue-and-White Porcelain; Lena Shoal Blue-and-White Dish with Flying Elephant; Puerto Galera Blue-and-White Jar ...
Grave goods are utilitarian and ornamental objects buried with the deceased."Pabaon", as present day Filipinos know, is the tradition of including the priced possessions or items of the dead to its grave because of the belief that these things might be helpful to the deceased as it travels to the life after death.
Poverty incidence of Maitum 10 20 30 40 50 2006 32.50 2009 42.75 2012 39.77 2015 47.66 2018 38.60 2021 26.65 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Coffee bean chocolate matcha (Don Ricardo’s Chocolate, Maitum) Maitum aqua-culture fish cages The economy of Maitum is largely based on agriculture and is often called the "rice-granary" of Sarangani due to its high level production of rice ...
The Manunggul Jar is a secondary burial jar excavated from a Neolithic burial site in the Manunggul cave of the Tabon Caves at Lipuun Point in Palawan, Philippines. It dates from 890–710 B.C. [ 2 ] and the two prominent figures at the top handle of its cover represent the journey of the soul to the afterlife .
The municipality of Maitum is located in Sarangani Province – a province that was once a part of South Cotobato but on March 16, 1992, RA 7228 created the province of Sarangani. Its capital is Alabel. Maitum is one of seven municipalities that make up the province of Sarangani.
Notable artifacts include the Manunggul Jar (890–710 BCE) [170] and Maitum anthropomorphic pottery (5 BC-225 AD). [171] High-fired pottery was first made around 1,000 years ago, leading to a ceramic age in the Philippines. [135] Ceramics were traded, and pottery and fragments from the Arab world (possibly Egypt) and East Asia have been found ...