Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-12-21 | Page 12 | Philipine Isles Prove Rich Field to Archaeologist

I Philippine Isles Isle's Prove Rich Rioh Field Pied to Archaeologist rc st MA MANILA ILA Dec 21 By A. A P. P P.- P. Results of the first tint year of ot systematic eye eye- archeological research Inthe inthe In Inthe the Philippine islands now are be beIng being being be- be ing classified by Carl Cart E. E Guthe a a. scientist sent out by the University of ot Michigan at his island home Jn In Cebu The discoveries which include In Include In- In clude Chinese as well wen as native Philippine relics date back in some Instances as much as 2300 years ears scientists believe and are expected t to clarify many n any points In insular history which have ha been beclouded by doubt DurIng the last lt twelve months the scientist explored caves caes and ancient ancIent ancient an an- burial places on n three Islands Bohol Samar and Cebu Besides Beside various arious native nathe skulls and artifacts he found in them specimens of Chinese Chinese Chinese Chi Chi- nese arts and handicrafts of ot th the Tang Sugg and Ming dynasties which scientists believe corroborate suppositions that for tor man many hundreds hundred of years the be Philippines Philippine were visited by a succession o ot of Chinese traders whose whoso Influence affected the social customs an and probably the religion of ot the na na- na- na tiVes lives The Th period of ot this influence Is es estimated estimated es- es es at 1000 years the Tang dynast dy- dy nast nasty having flourished in the seventh seventh seventh sev sev- century and arid the Ming continuIng continuing Ing until the middle of the seven seven- There are evidences that tha Chinese civilization during thIs time several se times flowed over th the native culture and was swept back only to advance ance again Three types of f skulls were found foun by Dr Guthe The oldest and mos most primitive was associated with stone ston Implements only Some of ot these thes implements Implement were polished axes an and adzes shaped apparently for workIng working working work work- ing down timbers for tor boats or ships Skulls of ot a second type hpe were found In association with specimens of ot a characteristic unglazed native potter pot pot- ter tery Those of ot the third type apparently ap apI apparently ap- ap much later w were re found li In I burial places enriched with glazed I Chinese bronze and iron implements and Jewelry of various designs mostly of Indian or Javanese Javanese Javanese Jav Jav- anese origin These skulls Us were deformed with flattened foreheads Dredging in the rivet bed to a depth of about twenty feet a aa at ata a 8 point below the town of yielded 3 several jade axes and adzes skillfully fashioned and still with witha a good cutting edge although more than twenty centuries had passed since the men who wielded them turned to dust dut Two of ot the axes now in the possession of f Dr H II Otley Beyer Berer of ot the University of the Philippines are believed to date from the fourth century before I Christ Philippine anthropologists and archeologists are awaiting with in interest interest interest in- in terest the results of Dr Guthe's classification and further exploratory tory activities act