Pre-Colonial Culture

In Partial Fulfilment of the subject Philippine History

A Paper Presented to the

College of CBA

Submitted by:
Khaysia Sear

Submitted to:
Dr.Loida C. Suarez

INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study

This paper analyzes factors important in studying pre-colonial culture, that was
basically Malayan in structure and form. In studying pre-colonial culture we must know those
covered by prehistory and early history of the Philippines archipelago and its inhabitants, which
are the indigenous forebears of today's Filipino people.
The cultural achievements of pre-colonial Philippines include those covered byprehistory and
early history of the Philippines archipelago and its inhabitants, whichare the indigenous
forebears of todays Filipino people.These early Filipinos possessed a culture and technology that
were quite advancedconsidering the timeline of history of science when it flourished. Waves of
migrantswho came to settle in the islands contributed to the development of ancientPhilippine
civilization. Prehistoric aborigines, a cross of Afro-Asiatic and Austro-Aborigines, now called
Negritos (Aeta, Agta, Ayta) reached the islands by way ofland bridges around 15,000 to 30,000
BC, and they were excellent hunters and foodgatherers. In its midst, other ancient civilizations
were also thriving and evolving.The Proto-Malays, a Mongol-Asiatic race, arrived around 2500
BC using oceanicvessels called balangays, and they brought with them their knowledge
inseafaring, farming, building of houses from trees and creation of fire for cooking.The next to
arrive were the Duetero-Malays, of India-Asiatic race(Indian, Chinese, Siamese, Arabic), that
prevailed with a more superior andadvanced culture. They possessed their own systems of
writing, knowledge and skillsin agriculture, metallurgy, jewelry-making as well as boat-building.
When theSpaniards came to the islands in the 15th century, industries such asmining, agriculture,
fishing and pottery were already in place and contacts withother Asian nations had been long
established.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

This topic, Pre-colonial culture aims to determine how ancient Filipinos had a culture
before than the culture that we have today.