Chronology and Ecology of Early Islanders in the Philippines: The Mindoro Archaeology Project

• Main Authors: Pawlik, Alfred, Fuentes, Riczar B, Faylona, Marie Grace Pamela G., Palconit, Trishia Gayle R., Uldin, Tanya
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2025
• Subjects: Adaptation; Early and Mid-Holocene; Early islanders; Island Southeast Asia; Late Pleistocene; Maritime environments; Mindoro; Philippines; Prehistoric technologies; Subsistence strategies; Anthropology; Archaeological Anthropology; Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/sa-faculty-pubs/160; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ara.2025.100616
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The investigation and excavation of caves and rockshelters located at the southern end of Occidental Mindoro produced significant artefacts, data, and information related to the initial arrival and colonization of the Philippine archipelago by anatomically modern humans. The sites provided several i...