PREHISPANIC SOURCE

MATERIALS FOR THE

PHILPPINE HISTORY
 AUTHOR
WILLIAM HENRY SCOTT
- - was born on 10 July 1921, in
Detroit, Michigan, where he was
christened Henry King Ahrens.
- - was a historian of the Gran
Cordillera Central and Prehispanic
Philippines.
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 ⬗ He personally rejected the description
anthropologist as applying to himself.
⬗ Scott observed the Igorot people of the
Cordillera region had preserved elements of
pre-colonial culture to a greater degree, and
over a wider area, than could be found
elsewhere in the Philippines.
⬗ Scott's dissertation was published that year
by the University of Santo Tomas Press as
Prehispanic Source Materials for the Study
of Philippine History.
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What is code of
kalantiaw?
- Datu Bendehara Kalantiaw, third Chief of
Panay, born in Aklan, established his
government in the peninsula of Batang,
Aklan Sakup. Considered the First Filipino
Lawgiver, he promulgated about 1433 a
penal code now known as Code of
Kalantiaw containing 18 articles.
 LAWS OF THE KALANTIAW CODE

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 LAWS OF THE KALANTIAW CODE

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 LAWS OF THE KALANTIAW CODE

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 JOSE E. MARCO and THE CODE OF KALANTIAW

⬗ Jose E. Marco is one of Philippine

historiography's greatest mysteries.
⬗ His most famous inventions—such as
the “Code of Kalantiaw”  and “La Loba
Negra” —are still in some textbooks.
⬗ He was one of the most successful
forgers, having created many fake
documents in a career that spanned half
a century.

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 - All the false history that Marco had spent a lifetime to fabricate was
thoroughly debunked just a few years after he died but his greatest hoax,
Datu Kalantiaw, still has believers today who will likely defend the
authenticity of their imaginary hero until their final breath.

- Jose Marco continued to supply scholars with hundreds of additional pages

of forgeries until his death.

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 The Criticism of William Henry Scott to the Code of Kalantiaw

⬗ The book was supposedly discovered in

the possession of a Don Marcilio Orfila of
Zaragoza, Spain in 1839.
⬗ Existence of the priest named, Jose Maria
Pavon.
⬗ There is no written documents about the
great Kalantiaw.

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 ⬗ He proved that the works of Jose E. Marco were not true
and only a hoax
⬗ He proved that the Code of Kalantiaw is not true and
should not be considered as a part of our history.

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 CODE OF KALANTIAW: HOAX
In 2004, National Historical Institute (NHI) Resolution No. 12 “Declaring that Code of
Kalantiao/Kalantiaw has no Valid Historical Basis" called for:

⬗ The official affirmation that the Kalantiaw Code is a twentieth-century fraudulent

work by Jose Marco,
⬗ The President of the Philippines cease to honor retiring Supreme justices and
other international dignitaries with the ‘Order of Kalantiaw’,
⬗ The revoking of Executive Order 234, which recognized Datu Bondahara
Kalantiaw as "The First Philippine Lawgiver" and declared a Hall of Fame and
Library to be constructed in his honor in Batan, Aklan as a national shrine.
This NHI resolution was approved by the Office of the President in 2005.

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 History would be an excellent
thing only if its true.

- Leo tolstoy

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 Thanks for listening

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 Reference/s
⬗ https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/6/the-
kalantiaw-code
⬗ http://www.paulmorrow.ca/kalant_e.htm
⬗ https://www.google.com/amp/s/opinion.inquirer.net
/30125/remember-the-order-of-kalantiaw/amp
⬗ https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/6/the-
kalantiaw-code

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