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    Palawan Island Palaeohistoric Research Project: Report on the 2010 Field Season
    (Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines and National Museum of the Phillippines, 2010-09) ; ; ;
    The Palawan Island Palaeohistoric Research Project (PIPRP) started in 2003 in the main island of Palawan, the largest westernmost island of the Philippines. In the first two years of the project the work concentrated more in the south and central parts of the island, at the Rio Tuba-Bataraza area, and in the Quezon district. These early initiatives were mostly consisted of surveys, site assessments, and palaeoenvironmental sampling. Since 2004, work concentrated in the northern end of the island, within the municipality of El Nido. The research is primarily led from the Archaeological Studies Program at the University of the Philippines (UP-ASP), and the National Museum of the Philippines (NM). For the season of 2010, the project continued to focus on an area covered by the Municipality of El Nido, expanding from its previous locus within the Dewil valley, New Ibajay, to include the area around Barangay Sibaltan, and within the town proper of El Nido. Like in previous years, the various research interests of the UPASP, the NM, and the scholars/research institutions from abroad were accommodated within the broad framework of the project.
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    Palawan Island Palaeohistoric Research Project Report on the 2009 El Nido Field Season
    (Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines and National Museum of the Phillippines, 2009-09) ; ; ;
    This report narrates the on-going research entitled "The Palawan Island Palaeohistoric Project". The project started in 2004, with active research consistently pursued to the present. The work is primarily initiated from the Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines. For the season of 2009, the project focused on an area covered by the Municipality of El Nido, specifically in the Dewil valley, which includes Barangay New Ibajay. The various research interests of the Archaeological Studies Program (ASP), the National Museum of the Philippines and the scholars/research institutions from abroad were accommodated within the broad framework of the project. Just like in the previous years, an international array of specialist collaborators took part in the field season. The research concerns of our collaborators were satisfied mainly through the specialized nature of their interest, which directly enriched the nature of the project. The field season started in April and ended in May 2009. The slow but continuous post-excavation work from earlier seasons is reflected in this report through the inclusion of specialists reports; as of writing, more post-excavation analysis continues.
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    Palawan Island Palaeohistoric Research Project: Report on the 2008 Dewil Valley Field Season
    (Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines and National Museum of the Phillippines, 2008-09) ; ; ;
    This research initiative coming out of the Archaeological Studies Program is called "The Palawan Island Palaeohistoric Research Project". For the season of 2008 work focused on the Dewil valley, Municipality of El Nido. The various research interests of the Archaeological Studies Program (ASP), The Solheim Foundation, and the National Museum of the Philippines were further advanced by this latest season. Similar to previous years, specialist collaborators from the Philippines, Europe and North America were involved in the project. The research concerns of our collaborators dove-tailed mainly through each specialist’s own research interest with that of the ASP project. This season saw the participation of a number of graduate students coming from France, Italy, Greece, Belgium, Ireland, and Azerbaijan.
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    The archaeology and palaeobiological record of Pasimbahan-Magsanib site, northern Palawan, Philippines
    (Philippine Science Letters, 2014-02-09) ; ; ;
    Recent excavations in northern Palawan, Philippines provide zooarchaeological and macrobotanical evidence documenting human occupation and changes in faunal composition and subsistence strategies. Here we present the archaeobiological record of Pasimbahan-Magsanib site dating from c. 10,500 yr. BP to the subrecent. The terrestrial vertebrate record provides for a more robust Palawan biostratigraphy and chronicles Late Quaternary changes in mammalian composition and human responses to the changing abundance of large mammal communities. Well-stratified shell layers and middens contain a wide variety of taxa derived from freshwater, estuarine and marine environments that also provide insights on varying subsistence strategies and the local ecology. Macrobotanical evidence provides further evidence for both foraging and possible plant management strategies in the Holocene.
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    Early occupation at Ille Cave, New Ibajay, El Nido, Palawan, Philippines: Report on the 2005 excavation season
    Excavations were carried out at the East and West Mouths of the rockshelter at Ille Cave, New Ibajay, Palawan, a site comprising a later prehistoric/palaeohistoric cemetery overlying a midden of shell and animal bones, and lower levels with Palaeolithic occupation materials. The 2005 project extend ed the previously investigated trenches (Szabó et al. 2004; Paz & Ronquill o 2004; Paz 2004), with the aims of: 1) exploring the extent and nature of the later prehistoric cemetery and underlying shell midden horizons , 2) exposing deep burning deposits discovered during 2004 recording of a looter’s pit, and 3) collecting further samples for dating and palaeoenvironmental analyses from all horizons to characterise use of the cave and the nature of the surrounding landscape from historic times back into the earl y Holocene. Additional test trenches were investigated to the south of t he cave platform and within the East Mouth chamber, to explor e platform history and a gradient exposed in rock shelter deposits during the 2004 excavations. The East Mouth chamber trench also provided an ‘in - cave’ setting, which was anticipated to reveal d ifferent remains and/or preservation environments to the rock shelter are
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    Palawan Island Palaeohistoric Research Project: Report on the 2013 Season
    (Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines and National Museum of the Phillippines, 2013-09) ; ; ;
    The Palawan Island Palaeohistoric Research Project (PIPRP) started operating in the municipality of El Nido in 2004. The project, however, was already active in southern Palawan since 2002. In its first two years the project concentrated work in the Rio Tuba-Bataraza area, and around the Quezon district. The work done in the first years focused on archaeological assessments in search for sites that may contribute to our knowledge of the deep history of the main island of Palawan. The early years also concentrated on palaeoenvironmental sampling in-line with our general objective of gathering proxy evidence towards a better understanding of people-landscape relationships through time.
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    Palawan Island Palaeohistoric Research Project: Report on the 2011 El Nido Field Season
    (Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines and National Museum of the Phillippines, 2011-09) ; ; ;
    The Palawan Island Palaeohistoric Research Project (PIPRP) is in its ninth year. The project was initiated in 2003 primarily led by researchers from the Archaeological Studies Program of the University of the Philippines and the National Museum of the Philippines. In its first two years the project concentrated work at the south and central parts of the main island; namely within the Rio Tuba-Bataraza and the Quezon area. The work focused on site assessments and palaeoenvironmental sampling, which further improved our general understanding of past environments in the region. Since 2004, focus shifted towards the northern end of the island, particularly within the municipality of El Nido. Much of the work shifted towards larger-scale excavations anchored primarily in the Dewil Valley. Apart from excavations at the two main Dewil sites, Ille and Pasimbahan-Magsanib, more surveys were conducted in the valley’s open landscape and in other parts of the municipality, such as in Sibaltan and the El Nido town proper. The field season for this year started in late March and ending in early May. The protracted progress of the project for 2011 is reflected in this report, supplemented by specialist reports on data accumulated through several field seasons. It is worth underscoring that post-excavation work continues as of this writing.
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    The Palawan Island Palaeohistoric Research Project: Report on the 2012 Season
    (Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines and National Museum of the Phillippines, 2012-09) ; ; ; ;
    The Palawan Island Palaeohistoric Research Project (PIPRP) was initiated in 2003. In its first two years the project concentrated work in the southern and central parts of the main island; namely the Rio Tuba-Bataraza area, and around the Quezon district. The work done in the first years focused on archaeological assessments in search for sites that may contribute to our knowledge of the deep history of Palawan. The early years also concentrated on palaeoenvironmental sampling in-line with our general objective of gathering proxy evidence towards a better understanding of people-landscape relationships through time.
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