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Philippine Prehistory

Lusong and the Lucoes

From Reference: Ocampo, Ambeth. Before Magellan. Philippine Daily Inquirer, 18 Oct 2002. [1]

• In Malacca sometime in 1513 (eight years before Magellan), Francisco Rodrigues sketched a map that shows a part of what is now the Philippines, although it does not resemble the size and shape of the archipelago. The sketch was based on the accounts of Malay and Chinese traders who visited the Philippines and docked in Malacca. It is now preserved in the British Museum

• There was a belief that the Garden of Eden, or the fabled land of Ophir, was to be found in the Far East. The Philippines was one of the candidates, and the yellow, luscious and sweet Philippine mango was the forbidden fruit on the Tree of Good and Evil.

• Tome Pires in his Suma Oriental (1513) wrote that:

"The Lucoes are about 10 days' sail beyond Borneo. They are nearly all heathen; they have no king, but are ruled by groups of elders. They are a robust people, little thought of in Malacca. They have two or three junks, at the most. They take the merchandise to Borneo and from there they come to Malacca.

"The Borneans go to the lands of the Lucoes to buy gold, and foodstuffs as well, and the gold which they bring to Malacca is from the Lucoes and from the surrounding islands which are countless; and they all have more or less trade with one another. And the gold of those islands where they trade is of a low quality-indeed very low quality.

"The Lucoes have in their country plenty of foodstuffs, and wax and honey; and they take the same merchandise from here as the Borneans take. They are almost one people ... they are a useful people; they are hardworking…." It has been suggested that the Lucoes is actually Luzon. Northern Luzon is primarily inhabited by the Iloko (Ilocanos, spanish). Roughly translated I-lokos means "Person from Locoes"

• In his narrative, Marco Polo mentions an archipelago of 7,488 islands in the general area of the Philippines.

Cultural influences of Prehistoric Philippines

SriVijaya;

China:

Timeline_of_Chinese_history Song Dynasty; Tang Dynasty;

Madjapahit;

Brunei;

Champa

Luzon Settlements (other than Laguna)

Lusong Sources: earliest references including "Sanftosi", "Zabag" ; possible etymology

Lingayen (Lingyamon) 10th Century

Sanftosi 10th Century Chinese , Muslim Zabag Sanfotsi Sources: 25, 2007 Etymology of "Sanfotsi" The Medieval Geography of Sanfotsi and Zabag Location of The Kingdom (Sanfotsi) Zabag Sources: of the Zabag empire

Tondo (Tundun);

Pasig (Bitukan Manuc);

Ma-i ( Mindoro) 10th Century

Po-Ni (Panay) 10th Century

Laguna History

Pila, Laguna; Bay, Laguna; Batong Malake, Los Baños, Laguna; Pansol, Calamba, Laguna; Bucal, Calamba, Laguna;

Tagalog Social Structures

Maginoo; Maharlika; Lakan; Lakambini; Gat; Timawa; Aliping Namamahay; Alipin sa Gi-gilid; Barangay(social structure);

| Manansala: Social hierarchy in Pampanga I'm not sure what to do with this reference, which is a personal blog, true, but which is based on sources I cannot directly confirm. But I'm putting it here for future use. It's the best collection of etymologies of prehispanic noble class titles I've seen thus far.

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Tagalog Boat Culture

• Balangay
• Balasian
• Banka
• Bawuto
• Bilog (boat)
• Biray
• Birok or Biruko
• Kupit (boat)
• Malo
• Sata
• Talangkas
• Tapak (boat)
• karakoa

source links:

• The Ingenious Filipino Boat [2]By FR. Gabriel S. Casal, Eusebio Z. Dizon, Wilfredo P. Ronquillio, Cecilio G. Salcedo Kasaysayan Vol. 2: The Earliest Filipinos
• Scott, William Henry. Barangay: Sixteenth Century Philippine Culture and Society. Ateneo De Manila Press. Manila:1994
• Archaeological Artifacts: Butuan Boat and Others [3] in MUNIMUNI NG IBANG TAO, ATBP.

Prehistoric Tagalog Domestic Life

Original "Filipino Time"

Prehistoric Tagalog Religeon

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