| Item Call Number |
GE00864 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
GE00864 |
| Local Free-text Call Number (oclc) |
- Classification number - GE00864
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| Main Entry |
- Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - Ayala Museum Research Team
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Sohoton Cave
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Ayala Museum Research Team
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| General Note |
- General note - The Sohotan Cave is a large L-shaped endogen cave situated in a miocene-pliocene limestone formation in Southwestern Samar, approximately 30 kilometers up the end of the Sohotan cliffs while the east-west leg opens out under the arch of a natural bridge. Surface collection and intent observation within the cave indicated that it was not used as a burial ground. The well-ventilated and dry expanse led archaeologists to theorize that it was a habitation site. As there is a dearth of faunal materials and cultural implements, it is also supposed that the cave had been a temporary shelter of the early inhabitants (pintados). Fedor Jagor made the first report on the archaeological contents of the cave in 1860. (In 1830, an overly zealous priest undertook an expedition to the neighboring caves, broke the coffins into pieces and threw the skeletal remains into the sea.)
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| Additional Physical Form Available Note |
- Additional physical form available note - With prints
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| Immediate Source Of Acquisition Note |
- Source of acquisition - Filipinas Heritage Library
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| Ownership And Custodial History |
- History - Filipinas Heritage Library
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| Subject Chronological Term |
- Chronological term - 1972
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Land forms
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Basey, Western Samar
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| Subject Faceted Topical Term |
- Focus term - 1972
- Focus term - amrt
- Focus term - basey
- Focus term - Fedor Jagor
- Focus term - samar
- Focus term - visayas
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