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  2. Maitum anthropomorphic pottery - Wikipedia

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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”.

  3. Archaeology of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Maitum Anthropomorphic Pottery (190 BC to 500 AD)– In 1991, the National Museum archaeological team discovered anthropomorphic secondary burial jars in Ayub Cave, Barangay Pinol, Maitum, Sarangani Province, Mindanao, Philippines, dating them to be from between 190 BC and 500 AD. The jars are commonly known today as Maitum jars.

  4. Earthenware ceramics in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Rasa Island is an island located in the Sulu Sea south of Arena Island near the Municipality of Narra, Province of Palawan, Mimaropa (9° 13′ 25″ N, 118° 26′ 35″E). Partial survey of the site revealed that it was probably a jar burial site with evidence of earthenware jars and pottery fragments present. [15]

  5. List of National Cultural Treasures in the Philippines

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    Anthropomorphic charcoal cave drawings in Ugpay cave: PD 1499, s. 1978: 1978 [37] Parish Church of San Agustin [h] Bacong, Negros Oriental: 1850: Best preserved Spanish colonial-era church in Negros Oriental. Bacong Church National Cultural Treasure plaque – 2 NMP Declaration 2-2001: 2001 [38] Parish Church of the Immaculate Conception [i ...

  6. Philippine ceramics - Wikipedia

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    These anthropomorphic earthenware pots date back to 5 BC. - 225 A.D and had pot covers shaped like human heads. [2] Filipino pottery had other uses as well. During the Neolithic period of the Philippines, pottery was made for water vessels, plates, cups, and for many other uses. [3] Kalinga Pottery [4]

  7. Manunggul Jar - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Angono Petroglyphs - Wikipedia

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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.

  9. Unusual eBay listings - Wikipedia

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    Bridgeville, California (population 25) was the first town to be sold on eBay in 2002, and has been up for sale three times since. [1] In January 2003, Thatch Cay, the last privately held and undeveloped U.S. Virgin Island, was listed for auction by Idealight International. The minimum bid was US$3 million and the sale closed January 16, 2003. [2]