VILLANUEVA, MAY JOY M.

READINGS IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY

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CONCEPT MAP
PREHISTORIC BELIEF
DISCOVERY OF THE
REPRESENTED BY THE
JAR
JAR
• was found by Dr.
• belief that souls go
Robert B. Fox
to the afterlife,
and Miguel
aboard boats, pass
Antonio in 1964.
through the river
• found alongside
and seas which
the remains of explain why the
tabon man manunggul jar
• recovered in features three faces
Chamber A of – the soul, the
Manunggul cave boatman, and the
in Southern boat itself
Palawan • the 2 human figures
• dated from 710- in a boat represent
890 B.C. a voyage to the
afterlife
• signifies the belief of
ancient Filipinos in
DESCRIPTION OF THE JAR
life after death
• a secondary burial jar excavated
from a Neolithic burial site
• has 2 prominent figures at the
PURPOSE
top handle of its cover represent
• a funerary pottery
the journey of the soul to the
afterlife • shows Filipinos maritime

• made from clay with some sand culture is paramount that it

soil reflected its ancestors

• the jar is carved with curvilinear religious belief.

• Bones and remains of the
scroll designs which are painted
with hematite deceased are kept in the jar