Arubo archaeological site
Coordinates: 15 ° 22 ′ N , 121 ° 6 ′ E
The archeological excavation site Arubo is located in the province of Nueva Ecija in the municipality of General Tinio on the island of Luzon in the Philippines . It is located in front of the western foothills of the Sierra Madre , about 100 meters above sea level in a largely agricultural region.
Meaning of the finds
The Arubo archaeological site has been systematically investigated since 2001 by a team from the Philippine National Museum and the University of the Philippines , which also includes internationally renowned scientists. A total of 205 artifacts were recovered from the excavations . The most important were on both sides worked hand axes and a so-called Cleaver , in the era of Acheulian be dated. These finds are very important in the Philippines and Southeast Asia , as they, together with finds from the Bose region in the People's Republic of China , call into question the theory of the Movius line and thus the human settlement history of Asia has to be reassessed. The stone tools were made by hunters and gatherers to hunt the megafauna animals that lived on Luzon at that time , such as stegodonts , and to work on their prey. The site was also used to manufacture tools, as several cores were found using different mining techniques. Arubo continues to be one of the few known chert deposits in the Philippines.
See also
Other archaeological sites in the Philippines.
- Archaeological dig sites in the Cagayan Valley
- Butuan City Archaeological Dig Site
- Petroglyphs in the Philippines
- Kabayan mummies
Web links
- The lower Palaeolithic record in the Philippines Authors: Eusebio Z. Dizon a, Alfred F. Pawlik PDF document Uni Tübingen (English)
- Arubian, Acheulean or Acheulean-like? Early Palaeolithic in Central Luzon, Philippines Author: Alfred F. Pawlik Html document Uni-Tübingen (English)