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The Angono - Binangonan Petroglyphs are petroglyphs carved into a rock wall in Binangonan, Rizal, Philippines. It consists of 127 human and animal figures engraved on the rockwall probably carved during the late Neolithic, or before 2000 BC. They are the oldest known work of art in the Philippines. [1]
The earliest evidence of hominins living in the Philippines is the 700,000-year-old remains of a butchered rhinoceros in Kalinga Province in Luzon. Predating the existence of Homo sapiens by at least 400,000 years, the butchered rhinoceros and the stone tools around it point to a possible colonization of Homo erectus or another possible Homo ...
Official NCT Name Current location Period Description Legal Bases/ Official marker Year declared Santa Ana Site Museum: Santa Ana, Manila: 1725: Contains artifacts collected from the archaeological excavations of the churchyard which was the 11th to 14th century AD settlement of the Kingdom of Namayan: PD 260, s. 1973 [33] 1973
Mainly Old Malay with some Sanskrit and either possibly Old Javanese or Old Tagalog according to Antoon Postma The Laguna Copperplate Inscription ( Filipino : Sulat na inukit sa binatbat na tanso sa Laguna ) is an official acquittance ( debt relief ) certificate inscribed onto a copper plate in the Shaka year 822 ( Gregorian A.D. 900).
The image of the Santo Niño is the oldest surviving Catholic relic in the Philippines, along with the Magellan's Cross. [19] A church to house Santo Niño was built on the spot where the image was found by Juan Camus. The church was originally made of bamboo and mangrove palm, and is thought to be the oldest in the Philippines. The structure ...
The history of archaeology in the Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, has been affected by many significant figures and the multiple chronologies associated with the type of artifacts and research conducted over the years. The Philippines have had a long legacy of Spanish colonization of over 300 years. To begin to ...
The artifacts recovered from the site were similar to those found to the Sa Huynh culture of Southern Vietnam. The site is part of the "Sa Huynh-Kalanay Interaction Sphere" which was an Iron Age maritime trading network associated with the Austronesian peoples of the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan , as well as most of northeastern Borneo and ...
The oldest artifact ever found in the Province of Pampanga is a 5000-year-old stone adze found in Candaba. It is said to be a tool used in building boats. Earthenware and tradeware dating back to 1500 BC have also been found in Candaba and Porac. [8] Farming and fishing were the main industries of the Kapampangan people.