Discussion and Conclusion.
Ogawa, Hidefumi
Many archaeological data are collected by this research as mentioned in previous chapters. Here, these data will be, at first, located or rearranged to the chronological framework in orderly sequence. For the discussion and consideration of subsistence strategy, settlement system and ecological settings, the chronological framework will prepare its basis. Setting the archaeological sites and artifacts in the chronological order, we will discuss on the problems extracted from these sets of archaeological data.
I. Results of archaeological research.
Before to start the discussion, it must be needed to
summarize the results of archaeological data obtained from the research of the
sites.
1. The research area extended from the north
of the Cagayan River to the northern coast of Luzon for a distance of 45
kilometers upriver. The sites, so far, revealed by the archaeological research
can be grouped into seven basic categories by its location and characteristics (Aoyagi
et al. 1989:105, Ogawa and Aguilera 1992).
(a) Shell middens along the Cagayan River bank
(five to seven meters above M.S.L.).
Big
size shell middens (extended more than 100 meters, more than two meters
deep of shell deposit);
Santa Maria, San Lorenzo, Catayauan, Catugan, Lal-lo Centro, Cortez,
Camalaniugan Centro Sur.
Small size shell middens (about 50 meters diameter,
one to two meters deep of shell deposit); Dummon sites, Aggunetan, Gattaran
Centro Sure, Aguiguican, Tucalana.
Shell
mound site:(Shell midden extending in a area of 100 meters of diameter,
situated on the river bank sediment but not
along the river side, forming shell mound of two meters high); Bangag.
(b) Limestone hill
slope shell middens (10 to 50 meters above M.S.L.); Magapit sites, Bangag II.
(c) Limestone hill
burial site (50 meters above M.S.L.); Malanao.
(d) Inland shell
middens (located on the alluvial plain, 7-8 meters above M.S.L., 1-1.5
kilometers from the Cagayan River
bank); Catayauan II, Dalaya, Bagumbayan
(e) Shell midden on the
river bank of tributary of the Cagayan River (seven meters above M.S.L.); Alaguia.
(f) Cave site (40
meters above M.S.L., shell midden is formed in the cultural layer); Mabangog.
(g) Coastal sand dune
shell middens (one to three meters above M.S.L.); Aparri.
The excavated sites are eleven localities of seven sites; Magapit (Hill Top and Cliff site; Aoyagi et al. 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, Tanaka 1993a, Aoyagi, Ogawa and Tanaka 1997), Bangag (Tanaka 1997b, Bautista 1996a, 1997), Santa Maria (Irigayen site; Orogo 1995, de la Torre 1995, 1996, 1997, Bautista 1996c), San Lorenzo (Magundayao site; Aoyagi et al. 1989, Siriban site), Catayauan (Catayauan site; Aoyagi et al. 1988, Ogawa 1997, Sison site; Garong 1996a, Conciso site: Garong 1996b), Catugan (Dombrique site;Tanaka 1997a, 1998, Bautista 1996b) and Mabangog Cave.
2.
The shell middens are predominantly composed of one species of fresh water
bivalve shell, possibly Batissa childreni,
locally called Kabibi, except at the
Aparri sites where the shells are predominantly marine. Local people living on
the Cagayan River bank, like village of Catayauan, San Lorenzo, mostly Ibanag
people,
are performing the shell gathering of Kabibi and other two species of fresh
water bivalve shells, locally called Asisi and Ginookan. The supply for the
shell midden formation by the disposal of shells is mostly stopped at this
moment in these villages, because of commercial transaction of shells in the
market places out of village (Ogawa 1997).
The percentages of
shell and soil ratio of shell middens were measured by the weight in each
layer. The results show that the percentages of most shell layers are ranging
from 70% to 95% except the surface of shell midden. High percentage of shell
ratio of midden layers might indicate that the discard of shells to midden was
performed big amount at once.
3. At the riverbank sites excavated (Bangag,
Santa Maria, San Lorenzo, Catugan and Catayauan), two cultural layers are
recognized; the upper one is shell midden and the lower one is silty clay
layer. And the shell middens produce the black pottery, and the silty clay
layers produce the red-slipped pottery without decorations. The difference of
these cultural layers is distinctive, so that the typological changes of
pottery or other kind of artifacts, and the changes of ecological settings and
subsistence strategy must be existed between these layers.
4. Results of site excavations and
explorations; As mentioned above, the archaeological sites like shell middens
and other sites, so far, excavated are eleven localities of seven sites. The
materials revealed from these sites are categorized into many categories, but
there are particular relationships between sites and materials as follows;
(a)Red-slipped pottery
with decorations: Magapit sites produce the red-slipped pottery with
decoration of dot punctuation, carbonate inlay and fine incision on the lip,
rim, shoulder and carinate part of jar type, and lip and inside/outside of ring
foot of footed vessels. This type of potteries are, so far, found only in
Magapit sites.
(b)Red-slipped
pottery without decorations: The river bank sites(Bangag, Santa Maria, San
Lorenzo, Catugan and Catayauan) have two cultural layers, the upper one is
shell midden and the lower one is silty clay layer. The upper layer produces
the black pottery and the lower one produces the red-slipped pottery without
decorations. Red-slipped pottery without decoration shares some vessel form
with the one of Magapit sites, such as jars and footed bowls. But the most of
vessels from the silty clay layers have plain surface, and this is the
distinctive difference of vessels between Magapit and river bank sites. So far,
only the round perforation of bowl type ring foot can be seen both in Magapit and
river bank sites.
(c)Black pottery
with decorations: Shell midden of Bangag site produces the black colored
pottery with incision on the shoulder of jar type pottery. The black pottery
has the thick vessel-wall, and its color must be derived from the smudging of
carbon. After the firing, pots are immediately put into the organic matters
like rice husks, and the carbon oozes out on the surface of pottery. Catugan
site also produce the incised black pottery.
(d)Black pottery
without decorations: Shell middens of river bank sites, such as Santa
Maria, San Lorenzo, Catugan and Catayauan produce the black pottery of thick
vessel-wall. But these black potteries have the plain surface, without design
of incision, and this is different from the black pottery of Bangag. Otherwise
some vessel forms of black pottery such as the footed bowl and jar can be seen
both in Bangag
and
these river bank sites. In the shell midden of Catugan site, the sequence of
typological change of potteries can be traced; the lowest, red-slipped pottery
without decoration, the middle, black pottery with decoration and the upper,
black pottery without decoration.
(e)Stone flakes:
Chert, andesite, obsidian and limestone flakes are found in these sites. But
the stone flakes are rarely revealed from the shell middens. Some chert and
obsidian flakes are revealed from the silty clay layer of Santa Maria site.
Only Mabangog cave produces a flake assemblage of chert, andesite and limestone
flakes as shown in the Table 1 of the chapter of Mabangog Cave excavation. For
the estimation and recognition of these flakes as a flake tool assemblage, it
is needed that further analyses of these flakes on flaking technology and
functions as tools. These flakes have the amorphous shape and made by the
direct percussion technique. The stone materials of these flakes are popular in
the research area, the geological setting of limestone formation.
In the inland shell
middens, the artifacts are rarely found, but in Dalaya site, one chert core and
flake were found by surface.
(f) Clay earring and pendant: Clay earring
from Magapit sites are noticed by its water buffalo(locally called乬Tamaraw乭)
horn shape from the first excavation of the sites, and it became a symbol of
the Cagayan Provincial Museum. The cut of earring is positioned at the
upper-most, and the lower half has the heart shape (Fig. 8). Also Magapit has
the oval shape clay pendants which have a small perforation at the upper
portion. Santa Maria site (Irigayen Property) of the silty clay layer produce
the clay earring of the different type of Magapit sites. The differences
between those earrings from Magapit and Santa Maria are the shape and the
position of cut. The shape of earring from Santa Maria is oval and sideways
long, not like water buffalo horn, and its cut is positioned at the side. The
section of profile is also different; Magapit earrings have the relatively flat
profile, but Santa Maria ones have round one.
(g)Stone ornament:
A broken part of a small rectangular stone tablet from which a segment has been
cut (like 乬slit乭) was excavated from Magapit Hill Top site (Fig. 10). In Santa
Maria (Irigayen site), a stone ornament which has the same shape but smaller
and the different material (possibly jade) used is found from the silty clay
layer. This kind of stone ornament or earring are distributed in the northern
coast area of South China Sea, from northern Vietnam, Taiwan until the
Philippines Islands. Sa Huynh Culture in the Middle Vietnam has the particular
types of earring, and these are distributed in many sites of Southeast Asian
islands at ca. 2,000 years BP. Arku Cave in Penablanca Caves produces one of
the Sa Huynh type of earrings (Thiel 1989, 1990). But the rectangular shape
earrings from Magapit and Santa Maria sites are found in the Bronze Age sites
in the northern Vietnam and the Pinam burial site in the southeastern part of
Taiwan (Sung 1987,1989).
(h)Burials and Human
bones: As mentioned above, Santa Maria site was, at first, chosen to reveal
the primary burial features for the study of composition and sets of the black
potteries. At the last field season of the excavation of Irigayen site, the
burial pit, primary, extended adult human bones and the associated potteries
were revealed without disturbance. On the other side of the Cagayan River, a
primary burial pit was also found in Siriban site of San Lorenzo. This burial
has the human bones of child and black potteries. And both of these burials
were revealed from the silty clay layer. Shell middens in research area also
produce the human bones, but mostly these are fragmental, so that the burial
features were not recognized yet. The disturbed burials were found in Catayauan
(Sison) and Catugan (Dombrique) sites of shell middens, and the
grass
beads were collected as the associated materials.
Jar burial is also
revealed from the shell midden(upper cultural layer) of San Lorenzo(Siriban)
site. Some fragmental human bones were contained in the burial jar. The size of
this jar is big, but it can not estimate whether this jar burial is secondary
or primary burial practice.
Two different funeral
practices were revealed in San Lorenzo site, from the different cultural
layers; the primary burials from the silty clay layer(lower cultural layer) and
the jar burial from shell midden(upper cultural layer). The primary burials
with the trade ceramics are also existed in San Lorenzo site, in the same
funeral area. These trade ceramics are celadons, blue and white porcelains and
brown glazed jars, and belong from 14th to 18th Century. These data on the
primary burials with trade ceramics are acquired from the disturbance of pot
hunters to the burials. Malanao site is also the primary burial site and the
associated materials of trade ceramics, celadon, blue and white and brown glazed
jars, belonging to 14th to 17th Century are collected from the surface ground.
Tucalana site is the primary burial site and the blue and white porcelains are
associated. The human bones are also observed in the soil deposit under the
basement of the ruin of the Tucalana Church which was built by the Dominicans
missioned from the late 16th Century in Lal-lo, formally called Nueva Segovia.
No excavation is so far conducted to these burials, but once start the
excavations, the chronological order or the changing process of these different
funeral practices will be made clear.
(i) Iron slags: Iron slags are found in
Bangag and San Lorenzo(Siriban Property) sites from shell layers. These iron
slags indicate the presence of the black smithing in these sites. The result of
components analyses of these iron slags suggests that these are remnants of
iron smelting, its temperature is ranging from 1,200 to 1,300 centimeters
degrees and the raw material is not the iron sand(Uchida personal communication
1997). If not the iron sand, the raw material is possibly the iron ore. It is
informed that the iron ore had been mined at Alacapan, about 10 kilometers
northwest of San Lorenzo. Further research and study on the iron tools
manufacturing features will clarify the prehistory of local iron technology,
and the process of local political/economical development by the accessibility
or monopoly of its resource and high technology.
(j) Stone adze:
Stone adze can be found generally in the sites, both in shell middens and in
silty clay layers, except in the inland shell middens. All adzes collected and
excavated are broken pieces, but it shows same characteristics of quadrangular
section of profile. Some chisels were rejuvenated from the broken piece of
adze. Also many stone adze rejuvenation flakes which have the polished part on
the dorsal surface of flake were found in the sites. By the excavation of
Mabangog Cave, only one rejuvenation flake was also revealed from the backfill
soil of disturbed area of cave.
(k) Ecofacts: By
the 7mm dry mesh strainer and water floatation of sample spots(20 x 20 x
thickness of layers cm), organic matters like faunal and floral remains were
collected. The identification of data will present many environmental
information like its habitat, and these information will indicate the human
activities for their subsistence, such as that the particular
micro-environments provide the unique resources to the social groups, then the
accessibility to these resources will affect to the economic, social and
political relationships among these social groups. The one of the reason of the
research on shell middens is the preservation of organic matters in better
condition than soil matrix. The shell middens produce many ecofacts but the
soil layers a little.
The data is huge
amount, and so far, the identification of animal bones is ongoing. The problem
is the lack of references for the identification, such as plant seeds and fish
bones. For these references, the sample collection must be conducted. The ethnoarchaeological
research on the local hunter-gatherer, shell gatherer and farmer includes this
kind of ecological research.
(l) Trade ceramics: Trade ceramics are
collected from the most of river bank sites. These ceramics can 丂be
separated into two groups. The ones belong to 14th to 15th Century, the others
belong to 16th to 17th Century. Most of these are made in China, and the former
group of ceramics are the Longquan kiln type celadons, the latter group of
ceramics are the Fujian or Guangdong kilns made blue and white porcelains.
Among the former group, there exist the celadon bowls made in Go Sanh kiln,
Binh Dinh Province, middle Vietnam, so-called 乬Champa Ware乭 (Aoyagi and Ogawa
1992, Aoyagi et al. 1992, 1995, Yamamoto et al. 1993), which are recently
found, more than 7,000 pieces, in the Pandanan shipwreck site of Southeastern
Palawan Island.
Between
two ceramic groups, there is the lack of one group of ceramics which were
commonly excavated in the Calatagan primary burials, so-called 乬Calatagan Type乭
ceramics belong to the late 15th to early 16th Century, Jingdezhen kiln type
blue and white porcelains(Fox 1959, 1967, Aoyagi 1991, 1992, Tanaka 1993b).
Both two groups of ceramics are crudely manufactured for the daily utensils.
4. Features:
The features in the Lalo-lo archaeological sites are revealed in Santa
Maria(hearth and primary burial) and San Lorenzo(primary and jar burial) sites.
In Santa Maria(Irigayen site), a hearth, pits filled by shells, a pit discarded
wasted pottery and burial pit are revealed. A hearth and shell pits were found
on the same horizon at the bottom of shell layers and the top of the silty clay
layer. The hearth was made on the horizon of the top of silty clay layer. The
hearth has a structure of shallow pit and a burnt clay structure at the edge of
pit. The hearth pit was filled with ash, charcoal and burnt soil. The feature
of hearth continues from the top horizon of silty clay layer into the shell
layer. The section of profile shows that the pit of hearth has the width of 70
centimeters at the top of the pit. The plan of hearth in the shell layer could
not be recognized during the excavation, but on the section, the profile of
hearth pit in the shell layer could be distinguished and the hearth pit was
recognized its continuation from the upper part of silty clay layer to the
shell layer. In the shell layer, the section of hearth pit profile shows that
it was filled by the burnt shell fragments and both side of the hearth pit
profile, the burnt clay layers were observed. This evidence might indicate that
the hearth was dug in the shell layer and the wall was fortified by clay.
On
the top horizon of silty clay layer, the hearth was surrounded by the mixture
of ash, charcoal and shell fragments. The small pits of 10 centimeters of
diameter surrounding the hearth were also observed. These pits were filled with
shells, so that it was easy to recognize even the small pit plans in the silty
clay layer. The evidence of small pits around the hearth indicates the hut was
built over the hearth.
The
pit of primary burials are needed the big effort to recognize the plan, because
it is not filled with shells. The difference of soil color and contents between
inside and outside of feature could not be easily distinguished in the silty
clay layer. There must be existed the more features in the silty clay layers,
because the artifacts like red-slipped pottery sherds, stone adzes were buried
abundantly and continuously from the top horizon of silty clay layer until one
meter deep. But in the silty clay layer, it is difficult to distinguish the
plan of feature as long as by the eye sight using the criteria of soil color
and contents.
.
5. Cave site; Apart from the river bank sites,
the hinterland or hilly area are also explored and excavated to intend to find
the archaeological sites which have the different characteristics of the
artifacts, features and settlements in the different ecological settings.
Mabangog cave, located on the limestone hill area, about 40 meters above
M.S.L., was explored in 1996, then, the presence of pottery and shell were
recognized, and in 1997 , two squares(1 x 2 meters) were excavated.
The
thickness of soil stratigraphy was thin, 20 to 40 centimeters until the
bedrock. The lower layer contained the shell species same as found at the river
bank shell middens. The artifacts such as stone flakes, pottery sherds, animal
bones were revealed from the shell layers. The stone flakes revealed are chert,
andesit limestone flakes and have the amorphous shape and the size is less than
five centimeters. Total of 80 pieces of stone flakes were revealed from two
squares. The estimation of flakes as stone tool, especially limestone, is
needed the technological studies of flaking and the functional studies on size,
position/angle/use-wear of edges.
The
red-slipped pottery sherds were found from this cave. These pottery sherds have
not the decoration of punctuation and incision. This characteristic is similar
to the pottery from the river bank sites, not similar to the one from the
Magapit shell middens. These pottery sherds, stone flakes and fresh water
shells(Kabibi ) were revealed from
the same cultural layer in the Mabangog Cave. This kind of artifacts
composition is the first evidence in the Lal-lo Shell Middens. And this
composition of artifacts arises the questions in the context of chronology of
artifacts and the ecological settings, as discussed in the chapter of Mabangog
Cave.
6. Ethnoarchaeological
research on the shell gathering people; The ethnoarchaeological research have
been conducted in the shell gathering village of Catayauan, focusing on their
technique of shell gathering and fishing, and their knowledge on the natural
environment for the model building of the prehistoric subsistence strategy of
shell gatherers. The researchers conducted the interview to each household of
shell gatherers. One hundred households of sixty eight families have performed
the shell gathering activities, and they have four kind of gathering methods.
These gathering methods varies from the using of complex gears to the simple
hand catching. By the difference of age and sex, economic condition of
households, daily changing condition of environment, people choose the adequate
methods. The gatherers sell the shells to the vendors who are mostly the
housewives of shell gatherers. The domestic consumption of shells gathered is
very limited, so that the disposal of shells to shell middens is also limited.
The vendors go to the markets outside of village. The shell gathering is performed
for the commercial transaction or cash income, not for subsistence(Ogawa 1997).
The
prehistoric catch amount making the shell middens can be inferred from the
daily amount of shell catch of Catayauan shell gatherers. It is supposed by
even the rough estimation of prehistoric catch amount and demography that the
huge volume of shell midden of Catayauan could not be made for 1,000 years.
This huge amount of shell midden could not be made by the consumption of shell
gatherers only for their subsistence. There must be existed the some kind of
processing and exchange or trade of shells, such as the dried shell meat trade
to the other social groups. Comparing with the evidences of the prehistoric
exchange or trade of shells as a specific resource occupied by the Cagayan
River bank people, the models of present gathering activities and commercial
transaction of shells must be elaborated. The ethnoarchaeological research is
still ongoing to gather more information on the subsistence and commercial
activities of shell gatherers for the finer model building of shell gathering
and local exchange network .
7. Shellfish
growth line studies: The growth lines on the section of Kabibi have been
studied by Toizumi. This is the common technique and method in Jomon study of
Japan to reconstruct the shell midden formation process and to reveal the
seasonal variation of human subsistence activities in annual schedule(Koike
1980, 1986). The result of this study contributes also to the process of shell
midden formation. Once the growth line analyses of shell samples from one layer
could be clarify the season when the shells were discarded and formed one
layer, the depositional history can be reconstructed by the comparison of
seasons of the other shell layers in sequence of stratigraphy. It has been
difficult to count each growth line because the lines of Kabibi are not clear.
But when he abandoned to count the each growth line and pay attention to the
recurrent patterns of dense and coarse concentrations of lines, the three
different patterns of line concentrations could be extracted. The reason of
these different patterns of growth
lines supposed to be caused by the different conditions of natural
environment such as the salinity of water, temperature and feeds. The experimental
excavations for the reconstructive study of the shell midden formation process
have been conducted in Catayauan site(Sison and Conciso sites). The excavation
and data processing have been performed by Toizumi and Garong in the
field(Garong 1996a, b). If the results of analyses on the fuanal and floral
data extracted from shell layers will correlate to the seasonal change of shell
layers in sequence, more detail of subsistence activities might be clarify.
8. Geological
and palinological studies; The research and study on the palaeo-environmental
settings have been needed for the subsistence basis of prehistoric people lived
in the research area. The change of natural settings like river system,
alluvial plains, sea level and vegetation must affect directly to the
subsistence activities and strategies of prehistoric people. The Prehistoric
human exploitation also had changed the natural settings, such as the retreat
of tropical rain forest by the prehistoric farming. If the information of
prehistoric natural conditions can be synthesized with the archaeological data,
we could reconstruct more affluently and finely the prehistory of this area.
The
boring samples were collected from the different geological setting or
micro-environments for this study. The analyses of boring samples are still
conducting, but the important information on the river bank sediment formation
process is presented during the field work. As already mentioned above, the
river bank shell middens are situated on the silty clay sediment, and this
layer has no shell deposit. There is the distinctive difference between the
shell midden and silty clay layer. The silty clay sediment contains red-slipped
pottery, so that this is also the cultural layer like shell midden. But the reason
why the silty clay layer doesn乫t contain the shell deposit should be that the
shells had not lived when the silty clay layer had been formed. It is supposed
that the area had been swampy environment when the silty clay sediment had
deposited. When the swampy environment of the area had changed to fluvial by
some reason(e.g. sea level progression), the new environmental conditions was
accepted by shells as their habitat. The environmental change from swampy to
fluvial must affect to the change of subsistence strategy of prehistoric people
engaged in the site formations of this area. And the biggest resource must have
been the shell for them.
II. Discussion and further perspectives.
Synthesizing
the results of excavation acquired from each site, we will extract and discuss
here the problems on the chronology of artifacts and sites, and subsistence
activities or strategies of prehistoric people engaged in the sites formation.
Although the analyses of excavated data are not yet fully finished at this
moment, extracting the problems or questions from the archaeological data, the
perspectives of further studies can be indicated.
1. On the chronology of artifacts and sites.
In
each chapter, considering the prehistoric ecological setting, the specific
problems of chronology of artifacts and sites are discussed already. The
questions, problems and topics of each site concerning with chronology must be
synthesize here, for the further studies of this archaeological project.
(a) Chronological
sequence of potteries.
Before
the project was started, the existence of the red-slipped pottery from Magapit
and black pottery from Bangag were already recognized. By the excavation of the
sites, it becomes clear that these potteries can be divided into four types at
least. As Tanaka discussed in the chapter of Catugan site, the sequence of
different pottery types in this research area could be as follows;
1.
Red-slipped pottery with decorations(Red I) :Magapit
sites, from shell middens
2.
Red-slipped pottery without decorations(Red II) :from
silty clay layer of river bank sites
3.
Black pottery with decoration(Black I) :Bangag
and Catugan site, from shell middens
4.
Black pottery without decorations(Black II) :from
shell middens of river bank sites
Except
Magapit and Catugan sites, the river bank sites excavated have two cultural
layers of Red and Black pottery; Magapit(Red I), Bangag (Red II and Black I),
Santa Maria(Red II and Black II), San Lorenzo(Red II and Black II),
Catayauan(Red II and Black II), Catugan(Red II, Black I and II). Magapit has
only one cultural layer, but Catugan has three, and other sites have two
layers. The evidences of potteries and its layers of each site can correlate to
one sequence. The evidences from Magapit, Bangag and Catugan can be linked
sequentially and this sequential model can be applied to the evidences of other
sites. Arranging these potteries in the order of sequence, the hypothetical
chronology can be presented as above(Table 2).
The
C14 datings of Red. I from Magapit Hill Top site is ca. 3,000BP and the Black
II from Catayauan site is ca. 1,000BP. The sequence of these potteries could be
ranging from 2,000 years(1). When the datings of
other sites and layers will be acquired, the details of typological changes in
the chronological sequence can be examined more finely.
(b) On the Red-slipped
pottery from Mabangog Cave.
Aside
from the river bank sites, Mabangog Cave is located on the limestone hill area
about 40 meters above M.S.L.. The red-slipped pottery without decoration(Red
II) were revealed from the soil sediment on the bedrock of cave. The soil
layers contained the Kabibi shells together with Red II sherds. The Red II can
be revealed in the silty clay layer of river bank sites. But any kind of black
pottery was not revealed. The Red II sherds from Mabangog Cave are similar to
the ones from the river bank sites. The problem is arisen here that the
chronological contradiction of artifacts associations; at the river bank sites,
the silty clay layer produces the Red II sherds, and the shell midden produces
the Black I and/or II sherds. But the shell layer of Mabangog Cave produces the
Red II sherds. As indicated in the chapter of Mabangog Cave, the questions are
arisen in terms of the chronological sequence of artifacts and natural
settings.
Q1.
How could be the shell midden formed in Mabangog Cave while the shell middens
had not been formed
at the river bank sites ?
Q2.
Where did the Mabangog Cave people had gathered shells while the river bank
people could not gather the shells at
the Cagayan River because of the swampy ecological and geological settings at
the lower
river area where the shells could not inhabit at that time ?
Here
the chronological problem of artifacts becomes linked with the problems of natural
environment and human subsistence activities. If it is confirmed that the Red
II sherds from Mabangog Cave are made or imported from the river bank sites and
used contemporaneously with the ones from the silty clay layer of river bank
sites, the contradiction of chronology and environmental conditions will arise
between the archaeological data from Mabangog Cave and river bank sites. When
Kabibi could not be gathered in the Cagayan River, where the Mabangog Cave
people had gathered Kabibi ? At present, the Kabibi does not inhabit in the
tributaries of the Cagayan River. But it can not answer at this stage of
research whether the Kabibi had inhabited in the tributaries at the prehistoric
time or not.
Another
problem is derived from the association of stone flakes and Red II sherds of
Mabangog Cave. The Red II sherds are associated with the stone flakes in the
shell layer. The evidences of stone flakes from other sites are very limited,
and the biggest evidence of flakes is revealed from the silty clay layer of
Santa Maria. These are six chert and two obsidian flakes. Mabangog Cave
produces 80pieces of stone flakes and 60 % of those are chert flakes. For one
decade of excavations in Lal-lo, the assemblage of stone flakes have not been
found in the Magapit and river bank sites. The biggest number of flakes in one
site is found, even six pieces, in Santa Maria, until the excavation of
Mabangog Cave. It was supposed that at the beginning of the project, the stone
tool assemblage would be associated with the pottery. This kind of situation is
inferred by the present circumstances of the contemporaneous existence of the
human groups with the different technological background, like farmers and
hunter-gatherers in the research area. But the models of interdependence or
symbiotic relationships between farmers and hunter-gatherers(Headland and
Bailey 1991, Hutterer 1976, Peterson and Peterson 1977, Spielmann 1986) is not
easily corroborated by the archaeological data.
The
chronological contradictions of artifacts(Red II and Stone flakes) and
ecofact(shell) between Mabangog Cave and the river bank sites can derive the
questions on the archaeological contexts. The true aspects of long term process
of the cultural evolution in this area must be more complicated. But for the
next step of the study, the working hypotheses must be presented in terms of
the subsistence activities of prehistoric people both in the river bank sites
and the hilly area.
1. The different human groups with the
different technological background and different way of environmental
exploitation existed contemporaneously and utilized exclusively the environment
around
the site.
2. And these two groups had the economic,
social and political relationships through the exchange.
3. One human group had used these two
ecological settings properly, then these two sites have the different site
functions for the exploitation.
These
hypotheses can not be tested or confirmed by the archaeological data at this
moment, but in a near future, must be tested through the analyses of artifacts,
ecofacts and datings.
(c) Problem of Black II
potteries from the burial pit of Irigayen site, Santa Maria.
Archaeological
problems concerning to the burial of Santa Maria site have two issues; the
living horizon of prehistoric people to be buried and the subsistence basis of
these people. The first issue is the archaeological data concerning with the
plan of burial pit. To find the plan of features was the most difficult matter
of the excavation of this site. Because the differences of soil color between
inside and outside of the burial pit in the silty clay layer of this site was
difficult to distinguish. The difference of soil was distinguished by the
criteria of its color, contents and hardness. After the long examination and
comparison of the soil, the oval shape of plan of burial pit was found. The
horizon where the plan was found was 30 centimeters below the top of the silty
clay layer, and 60 centimeters below the surface ground. During our endeavor to
find the plan of burial pit, 30 centimeters of depth of soil was removed for
the examination and the comparison of the soil, inside and outside of the pit.
Is it really the actual horizon where the people started to dig the burial pit
? Examining this problem, the associated materials with burial pit must be
discussed here.
The soil filled burial pit did not
contained the shells or shell fragments. Only one piece of small fragment of
shell was found under the right shin bone. And the Black II potteries were
associated with human bones in burial pit. The Black II is revealed from the
shell layers above the silty clay layer, and silty clay layer produces the Red
II. Both inside and outside of the burial pit contained the Red II sherds.
These Red II sheds must not belong to the time of buried person. So that these
Red II sherds must be dug and filled by the people who buried the skeletal
remains. And these people had used the Black II. Examining these facts and
considerations, it is supposed that the burial pit was dug before the site area
was not used as the disposal area of shells and other garbage for these people.
The people should have lived on the horizon on where they started to dig the
burial pit.
The
second issue on the subsistence basis of these people is concerned with their
living horizon. As mentioned above, when the burial pit was dug, shells were
not scattered around the pit. Only one piece of small fragment of shell was
found in the pit. But the Black II potteries were associated with the human bones,
and again, the Black II usually collected from the shell layers above the silty
clay layer. These fact suggest that the people dug the pit had used the Black
II, but the site area had not been used for the shell midden or the garbage
disposal area for these people. It can not be said that these people didn乫t
practice the shell gathering and form the shell middens at this time. Even only
one piece of the small fragment, shell was found in situ from the burial pit.
On the process of our excavation of this site, we supposed that the
technological back ground of people used black pottery must be different from
the one of people used red-slipped pottery, because the Red II is not
associated with the shell layers. The distinction is very clear and abrupt between
silty clay layer and shell layer. So that we didn乫t have supposed the
possibility of the transitional period when the site had not been used for the
shell midden. But there must be existed the period that people had used this
site as the burial site, not for the shell midden site during the Black II had
been used. There is not enough data to answer if the shell gathering had
already carried the part of their subsistence basis or not.
Same
burials associated with Black II potteries were revealed in the Siriban site of
San Lorenzo. These burials also performed in the silty clay layer, and the
primary extended human body. The burials from these two sites located both side
of the river might exist together in the Black II phase. The burials in the
shell layer is not yet excavated clearly as a feature at this stage of
research. But after the Black II phase, the primary burials associated with
trade ceramics are reported in San Lorenzo, Malanao and Tucalana.
By
the excavation of burials in Santa Maria and San Lorenzo, the different
utilization or function of locality by the same people is inferred. It can not
be discussed at this moment where the settlement of these people had been
performed.
2.
On the subsistence of the sites.
(a) Typological change
of potteries and the change of river environment.
In
the assumed chronological sequence of the sites, the typological changes of
potteries correlate with the site location and environmental and geological
changes; limestone hill slope site(Magapit, Red I) to the river bank(Red II),
and the silty clay layer(Red II) to shell midden(Black I or Black II). The
latter change is supposed by the results of geology group that the river
environmental setting were changed from swamp to fluvial. The habitat of fresh
water shells like Kabibi is sandy sediment of riverbed. This type of habitat
was caused by the result of river environment change from swampy to fluvial.
The typological change of potteries from Red II to Black I or II could
correlate with the change of river environment. The shells began to inhabit in
the sandy sediment of riverbed, the prehistoric people started to explore the
shells as a special resource in the area.
But
when the typological change from Black I to Black II were caused, people had
already explored Kabibi in the river. The changing sequence of Black I to Black
II in the stratigraphy was observed only in Catugan(Dombrique property) site.
Both type of potteries were revealed from the shell midden. It is difficult to
tell the reason of change between these two black potteries. In the other river
bank sites, the Black I is lacked in the sequence and the Red II are revealed
from the silty clay layer and the Black II are found from the shell midden. The
distribution of Black I is limited in Bangag and Catugan site. But the Black II
is found in the most river bank sites except Bangag. Even the subsistence
activity of shell exploitation was not changed from Black I to Black II, the
demographic change can be inferred by the increase of the number of site.
(b) Magapit and Bangag,
original places of pottery type and its subsistence.
Two
different types of pottery originates at the same locality, on the both side of
the Cagayan River. But the location of these sites are different, Magapit is
situated on the 50 meters above M.S.L. limestone hill and slope, and Bangag is
located on the river bank but not facing to the river and about one hundred
meters away from the river side and forming the two meters high shell mound of
200 meters of diameter. Two sites are facing each other on the both side of
river. The Red I originate at Magapit and the Black pottery originate at Bangag
in the research area. The Red I is found only at Magapit, but Red II is
distributed in the most of river bank sites. This pattern of expansion or
increase of pottery distribution is same to the increase pattern of the Black
pottery. Both types of pottery have the original place and expanded downriver.
When the change had come from the Red to Black potteries, it is seemed that the
expanded area of Red II had contracted to Bangag of original place of Black
pottery. From the inference of expansion and contraction of the distribution
patterns of these two types of potteries, the change of demography and
subsistence strategy could not be discussed at this moment of beginning of data
analyses. But it can be assumed that the typological change of pottery and its
distribution should correlate with the environmental change of river, from
swampy to fluvial.
Another
question is posed on the exploitation of shells at Magapit and Bangag. In the
Red I phase, Magapit people had explored Kabibi but Bangag people didn乫t form
the shell midden at the phase of Red II. The localities of these sites are
same, only the site location is different. During Magapit people had explored
the shells, the downriver from Magapit could not been inhabited as long as it
is inferred by the present data. After Magapit phase, the Red II had expanded
to the downriver, the swampy area at that phase. Bangag site has also the Red II
in the silty clay layer and Red II is not associated with shell midden. Why the
shell became not to inhabit in the river of Magapit-Bangag area when the
archaeological phase had changed from Red I to Red II ? When the environmental
setting of the river was changed from fluvial to swampy, and the habitat of
shell also changed from sandy to muddy riverbed, did the Magapit people of Red
I phase stop the shell gathering ? These archaeological and geological facts
suggest that when the Red II cultural layer had been formed in the silty clay
layer at Bangag, the river environment of the area could have been swampy. In
the process of typological change of pottery from Red I to Red II, the river
environment could have changed. Then the Kabibi could not inhabit in the river
of Magapit-Bangag area, and the subsistence strategy of people should be
changed. And then another question arises; what was the subsistence basis of
the people who made the Red II pottery. But there is not enough data to discuss
on the question at this moment of data analyses.
(c) Relationship
between Mabangog Cave and the river bank sites.
We
discussed already on the questions or problems of contradictions of the
archaeological data from Mabangog Cave and the river bank sites. The Mabangog
Cave Red II sherds are associated with shells, but the Santa Maria Red II are
not. As long as the Mabangog Red II belongs to the same typological category of
the Santa Maria Red II, it can be supposed that Mabangog people had performed
shell gathering in the tributary of Cagayan River, near the cave, otherwise
they went to the upriver of Cagayan River where kept the fluvial condition and
inhabited the shells. But at present, the tributary is not inhabited by Kabibi.
It is more possible that the shells of Mabangog Cave had been gathered at the
upriver of Cagayan river or the Kabibi had been exchanged with the upriver
people. If the model of coexistence of the groups who have the different
technological background, like farmers and hunter-gatherers, could be applied
to this archaeological context, the exchange relationships of food and goods
might be assumed between the river bank people and Mabangog. This kind of
exchange relationships can be observed at present between lowland farmers and
Ita hunter-gatherers in Lal-lo area. The models must be elaborated by both the
archaeological and ethnological data.
Then
again, the subsistence base of Santa Maria people becomes questionable. They
didn乫t or could not explore the shells. But aside from the shell middens, the
silty clay layer hardly produces the ecofacts. The subsistence activities of
river bank people in the Red II phase must be corroborated by the
archaeological contexts, like economic and social network among these sites.
III. Conclusion.
The
archaeological data have discussed on the topics of the chronology and
subsistence change in the Lal-lo area. The analyses of the collected data are
not fully finished. With these limitations, the problems and working hypotheses
are presented for the further research. The discussion can be summarized as
follows;
1. The
chronological sequence of sites is represented by the potteries from each site
as Red I仺Red II仺Black
I仺Black II. The change of typology of
pottery from Red I to Red II is not yet certified by the stratigraphy. But The
change from Red II仺Black I仺Black
II is recognized in the stratigraphy of the Dombrique site of Catugan. The Red
I, Black I and II are revealed from the shell layer, but the Red II is found
from the silty clay layer.
The
distributions of sites along the Cagayan River in each phase of potteries show
the particular pattern. The pattern of site distribution can be called the
乪expansion and contraction乫. In the Red I phase, the site, only Magapit is
known, but in the Red II phase, the sites are expanded to the downriver on the
river bank from Magapit. The contraction is appeared in the Black I phase. The
sites of this phase are limited in Bangag and Catugan. And again the expansion
of the Black II sites in the downriver. This changing pattern of settlements on
the river bank, expansion and contraction, could be related to the demographic
and subsistence change.
2. The
artifacts are associated with ecofacts in each site; Magapit Red I is revealed
with thick shell layer on the limestone hill top ca. 50 meters above M.S.L..
The Red II in the river bank sites are not associated with shell layer, but the
silty clay layer. Typologicaly, these two types of potteries are similar in the
form and manufacturing technique. But the difference of subsistence bases of
prehistoric people between these sites are abruptly occurred. There must be the
environmental change in the habitat of shells in the Lower Cagayan River. The
change from Red II to Black I also correlates with the change of shell habitat
of river. The correlation of changes in environment and typology of potteries
must derive the change in subsistence strategy of these prehistoric people.
3. The
Red II sherds from Mabangog Cave showed the contradiction with the above
mentioned correlation between the river environment and the typology of
potteries. In Mabangog Cave, the Red II sherds are revealed from shell layer,
not from silty clay layer like in the river bank sites. Then the question is
posed where the shells(Kabibi) of Red II phase were collected. In the Red II
phase, the river environment of Lal-lo area is supposed to be swampy, and it is
not adequate for the shell habitat. The Kabibi revealed in Mabangog Cave might
be brought from the fluvial river environment, sandy river bed area, upriver
from Magapit at that phase. Then the another question is how the Mabangog
people have gotten Kabibi away from the Cave. The subsistence bases and social
relationships between hilly area and river bank area people must be considered.
The Red II sherds and stone flakes from Mabangog Cave and Santa Maria site also
must be considered in the same focus of social relationships. The models on the
prehistoric interdependence or symbiotic relationships between social groups
with different technological background have been built by the studies on the
hunter-gatherers and farmers relationships in Palanan, Isabella(Peterson and
Peterson 1977), Casiguran, Aurora(Headland and Reid 1989, 1991). The models
must be tested by the archaeological data from Lal-lo area.
4. The
primary extended burials are found in the silty clay layer in Santa Maria and
San Lorenzo. These burials are associated with Black II potteries. The Black II
is revealed from the shell layers above the silty clay layer, and silty clay
layer produces the Red II. Examining these facts, it is supposed that the
burial pit was dug before the site area was not used as the disposal area of
shells and other garbage for these people. The people should have lived on the
horizon on where they started to dig the burial pit. There must be existed the
period that people had used this site as the burial site, not for the shell
midden site during the Black II had been used. It must be possibly inferred
that the shell gathering had already carried the part of subsistence basis of
these people, but the disposal area of shells had been separated from the
burial area by these people. Same burials associated with Black II potteries
were revealed in the Siriban site of San Lorenzo. By the excavation of burials
in Santa Maria and San Lorenzo, the different utilization or function of
locality by the same people is inferred. It can not be discussed at this moment
where the settlement of these people had been performed.
The
models and hypotheses presented here will be fortified and tested by the
results of data analyses and the further studies. Based on the results of this
research, the further research will be conducted as follows;
1. The
further site explorations in the hilly area; The context of findings from
Mabangog Cave is very different from the one of river bank sites. Sharing the
same kind of artifacts like Red II sherds and stone flakes between these sites, the economic and social
interaction between them can be inferred. For the model building of the prehistoric interaction
among social groups, the data from the hilly area away from the river bank is necessary for the further
study.
2. The
further excavations of river bank sites; The chronology among the different
types of artifacts and the subsistence
bases of river bank sites is crucial for the bases of this study. The
sequential change from Red I to Red II is not certified by the stratigraphic
data. The subsistence strategic change from Red I to Red II and Red II to Black
I is also corroborated in terms of shell gathering by the further research.
3. The
geological research; The reconstruction of environmental history of Lal-lo area
will help to consider the chronology and the subsistence change of each site.
The change of river environment, swampy to fluvial, could be correspondent to
the subsistence change and site formation. In the Red II phase, the river bank sites has no evidence of
shell gathering, but the shell midddens have been formed after Black I phase
until recent. The geological change of river settings will provide the basic
information to consider the archaeological context. The iron mine and obsidian
resource should be researched by geologist for the economic and social network.
4. The
ecological and palinological studies; This research also provide the crucial
information on the faunal nd floral settings of the researcher and make us
possible to infer the prehistoric natural conditions to be explored by the
people formed the archaeological sites. The basic information on the shells and
fishes, terrestrial animals and plants n the research area help for the
identification of faunal and floral remains from the archaeological sites. The
pollen analysis from boring core samples is now ongoing for the reconstruction
of changing process of floral conditions n the area.
5. The
ethnoarchaeological studies; The models of interdependent relationship between
hunter-gatherers and farmers must be elaborated in this research area. So far,
the ethnoarchaeological research on this topic have not been conducted. It can
be inferred that the result of the ethnoarchaeological studies on the shell
gathering people indicates the commercial transaction of shells as food stuff
have been performed with other societies. The shell gathering in the villages
in Lal-lo area have not been performed self-sufficiently. The social groups had
been settled in the different natural setting, such as the river bank, lowland basin, limestone hilly area, sea shore,
etc... But each place has not sufficient diversity of resources to satisfy the
needs of their members throughout the year. The social network must be existed
with outside of their settlement. The interdependence or symbiotic relationship
between hunter- gatherers and
farmers is one of the significant variations of social exchange of resources.
The model built by this study
can be expected to apply to the prehistoric context of this area for the
explanation of long term co-existence of hunter-gatherers and farmers.
Notes.
1:Two C14dating are
available in Magapit Hill Top Site:2,800亇140BP乮N-5396丆half
life:5,730擭乯, 2,760亇125BP乮N-5397,
half life:5,730擭乯, one in Catayauan:1,060亇290BP(N-5398,
half life:5,730擭).
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