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Detail on a jar cover molded into a human head. Even though the burial jars are similar to that of the pottery found in Kulaman Plateau, Southern Mindanao and many more excavation sites here in the Philippines, what makes the Maitum jars uniquely different is how the anthropomorphic features depict “specific dead persons whose remains they guard”.
Manunggul Burial Jar; Calatagan Ritual Pot; Maitum Anthropomorphic Burial Jar No. 13; Maitum Quadrangular Burial Jar; Leta-Leta Jarlet with Yawning Mouth; Leta-Leta Footed Jarlet; Leta-Leta Presentation Dish; Pandanan 14th Century Blue-and-White Porcelain; Lena Shoal Blue-and-White Dish with Flying Elephant; Puerto Galera Blue-and-White Jar ...
Jar burial is a human burial custom where the corpse is placed into a large earthenware container and then interred. Jar burials are a repeated pattern at a site or within an archaeological culture. When an anomalous burial is found in which a corpse or cremated remains have been interred, it is not considered a "jar burial".
Maitum Anthropomorphic Pottery (190 BC to 500 AD)– In 1991, the National Museum archaeological team discovered anthropomorphic secondary burial jars in Ayub Cave, Barangay Pinol, Maitum, Sarangani Province, Mindanao, Philippines, dating them to be from between 190 BC and 500 AD. The jars are commonly known today as Maitum jars.
Comparisons among earthenwares excavated in the Maitum Site and other sites in Southeast Asia reveal several similarities like the earthenware shards from Tambler, the Manunggul Jar from Palawan, and Ban Chiang pottery from Thailand. However, as of now, the Philippines is the only area in Southeast Asia where this type of burial jar can be ...
Some 1,000 years ago, a 15-year-old girl died in England. Her feet were then bound and she was placed face down in a pit where she was left until about 2018.
Aww, Baby Huey. The plump duckling was a popular cartoon star in the 1950s, and appeared on plenty of merchandise — including a now-pricey American Bisque cookie jar.
From the time she married Prince Charles in 1981, Princess Diana was a beloved figure in Britain, but few could have imagined the outpouring of grief that followed her death at age 36.As news ...