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The Bicolano people (Bikol: Mga Bikolnon) are the fourth-largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group. [2] Their native region is commonly referred to as Bicol , which comprises the entirety of the Bicol Peninsula and neighboring minor islands, all in the southeast portion of Luzon .
Alexei Vranich (/ ˈ v r æ n ɪ tʃ / VRAN-itch; [1] born July 15, 1968) is an American archaeologist specializing in the pre-Columbian South America. His previous positions include visiting professor at the University of Warsaw, Poland (2021–22) (Programme ZIP UNIA Europejska), Lecturer at the Department of Material Sciences at MIT (2021–22), Research Associate, and Assistant Dean at ...
Don Camilo Jacob at Quince Martires Monument. Camilo Jacob y Soledad [1] (1856 [1] - January 4, 1897) was a Bicolano hero, martyr [2] [3] [4] and revolutionary. [5] [6] [2] [7] He was also known as one of the 11 among the Fifteen Martyrs of Bicol who were executed in Bagumbayan (Luneta), now Rizal Park, by Spanish authorities at the end of 19th century during the Philippine revolution.
Ethnoarchaeology is the ethnographic study of peoples for archaeological reasons, usually through the study of the material remains of a society (see David & Kramer 2001). ). Ethnoarchaeology aids archaeologists in reconstructing ancient lifeways by studying the material and non-material traditions of modern soci
Mayon is a sacred volcano among the Bicolano people. It is the home of their supreme deity, Gugurang. Indigenous Philippine shrines and sacred grounds are places regarded as holy within the indigenous Philippine folk religions. These places usually serve as grounds for communication with the spirit world, especially to the deities and ancestral ...
Michael Brian Schiffer (born October 4, 1947, in Winnipeg, Canada) is an American archaeologist and one of the founders and pre-eminent exponents of behavioral archaeology. [ 1 ] Schiffer's earliest ideas, set out in his 1976 book Behavioral Archeology and many journal articles, are mainly concerned with the formation processes of the ...
Yale School of Medicine's dean, Dr. Nancy Brown, noted that for every $1 spent on research, including direct and indirect costs, the total cost is actually $1.50 — suggesting that the dollars ...
Unlike most scholars at research universities, Fagan chose to regularly teach large introductory archaeology classes to undergraduates at Santa Barbara. Avoiding traditional lecture formats, he experimented with technology to provide basic information as early as the 1970s, leaving his class periods for wide ranging discussions of interest to ...