Ref ID:	30553
Ref Type:	Journal Article
Authors:	Pawlik, Alfred F.
Title:	The palaeolithic site of Arubo 1 in Central Luzon, Philippines
Date:	2004
Source:	Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association
Notes:	Proceedings of the 17th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Taipei, Taiwan 9 to 15 September 2002
Abstract:	The discovery and investigation of a Palaeolithic open site in the province of Nueva Ecija in Central Luzon in 2001 by the University of the Philippines Archaeological Studies Program has delivered a rather unique artifact assemblage for Philippines' earliest history. The finds include a classic proto-handaxe, bifacial cleaver and a variety of flake cores. Arubo is at present the only known prehistoric site in the Philippines in which chert as raw material for lithic production was quarried and transformed into stone tools. Wear traces on the artifacts indicate that the people from Arubo used this site also as a camp. Considering the morphological elements of the Arubo artifacts, the site is of early Palaeolithic age. Its artifact assemblage is very different from the controversial 'Cabalwanian' industry of the Cagayan Valley in Northern Luzon. The presence of bifacial technology and selective core preparation in Arubo also contradicts the classic 'chopper/chopping tool industries' scheme of Hallam Movius, and adds to ongoing discussion of the concept of the 'Movius line' in the Southeast Asian Palaeolithic.
Date Created:	9/19/2005
Volume:	24
Page Start:	3
Page End:	12