Diggin' Dewil Valley : placemaking and community archaeology in El Nido, Palawan, Philippines /

Since 2004, the Dewil Valley in El Nido, Palawan, Philippines has been home to the Palawan Island Palaeohistory Research Project (PIPRP). Dewil is a landscape dotted with limestone towers, each of which has their own archaeological story to tell. Excavations at Ille Cave, the main archaeological sit...

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Main Author: De Castro, Llenel (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK : BAR Publishing, [2024].
Series:BAR international series ; 3172.
Contemporary and historical archaeology ; v. 10.
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Summary:Since 2004, the Dewil Valley in El Nido, Palawan, Philippines has been home to the Palawan Island Palaeohistory Research Project (PIPRP). Dewil is a landscape dotted with limestone towers, each of which has their own archaeological story to tell. Excavations at Ille Cave, the main archaeological site, have revealed a changing landscape and evidence of tigers in the Philippines, 9,000-year-old cremation burials and a 300-year-old cemetery. As the longest running archaeological research project in the Philippines, PIPRP has left its own mark on the valley. They have constructed a park with an exhibit hall and an access road. However, its biggest influence lies in a new generation of youth who interact with the landscape in a different way having grown up with the archaeological research project in their midst. This book tells the archaeological research project's own heritage story.
Physical Description:xv, 129 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-129).
ISBN:9781407358420
1407358421