burial culture

-always had covers from simple to complex ones; also had windows for additional
ritual offerings when the jars have been sealed
-almost all burial caves faced the sea and were placed in placed with lots of su
nlight because it was attractive and beautiful as a resting place for the dead;
note respect for the dead
-indigenous religions in the Philippines and Palawan have "the living maintain i
ntimate ties with their soul-relatives"
-pottery production was through freehand modelling by hand and usage of paddle a
nd anvil
-old 1k php bill, was found in Tabon Cave, is a secondary burial jar, and the de
sign on the lid represents a journey to the afterlife, with two people on a rowb
oat, the one in front the deceased, the other just rowing them to the afterlife