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The Palawan Island Palaeohistoric Research Project (PIPRP) started operating in the municipality of El Nido in 2004. The project, however, was already active in southern Palawan since 2002. In its first two years the project concentrated work in the Rio Tuba-Bataraza area, and around the Quezon district. The work done in the first years focused on archaeological assessments in search for sites that may contribute to our knowledge of the deep history of the main island of Palawan. The early years also concentrated on palaeoenvironmental sampling in-line with our general objective of gathering proxy evidence towards a better understanding of people-landscape relationships through time. Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences Coral Bay and Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Companies Philodrill Corporation Petro Energy Resources Corporation Cybersoft Integrated Geoinformatics Leslie’s corporation Philex Mining Corporation University College Dublin The Wilhelm G. Solheim II Foundation for Philippine Archaeology, Inc. The British Academy The Oxford University Dating Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art The University College Dublin Seed Funding Southeast Asian Airlines The Luce Foundation University of Washington University of Cambridge The UP-ASP European Union Erasmus Mundus fund 2019-09-02 JG: Item withdrawn at author's request 2019-09-04 JG: PDF replaced at author's request

The Palawan Island Palaeohistoric Research Project (PIPRP) was initiated in 2003. In its first two years the project concentrated work in the southern and central parts of the main island; namely the Rio Tuba-Bataraza area, and around the Quezon district. The work done in the first years focused on archaeological assessments in search for sites that may contribute to our knowledge of the deep history of Palawan. The early years also concentrated on palaeoenvironmental sampling in-line with our general objective of gathering proxy evidence towards a better understanding of people-landscape relationships through time. Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences British Academy Oxford University Dating Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art The University College Dublin Seed Funding Southeast Asian Airlines The Luce Foundation University of Washington University of Cambridge The Fulbright Foundation The UP-ASP European Union Erasmus Mundus fund 2019-09-02 JG: Item withdrawn at author's request 2019-09-04 JG: PDF replaced at author's request

The Palawan Island Palaeohistoric Research Project (PIPRP) is in its ninth year. The project was initiated in 2003 primarily led by researchers from the Archaeological Studies Program of the University of the Philippines and the National Museum of the Philippines. In its first two years the project concentrated work at the south and central parts of the main island; namely within the Rio Tuba-Bataraza and the Quezon area. The work focused on site assessments and palaeoenvironmental sampling, which further improved our general understanding of past environments in the region. Since 2004, focus shifted towards the northern end of the island, particularly within the municipality of El Nido. Much of the work shifted towards larger-scale excavations anchored primarily in the Dewil Valley. Apart from excavations at the two main Dewil sites, Ille and Pasimbahan-Magsanib, more surveys were conducted in the valley’s open landscape and in other parts of the municipality, such as in Sibaltan and the El Nido town proper. The field season for this year started in late March and ending in early May. The protracted progress of the project for 2011 is reflected in this report, supplemented by specialist reports on data accumulated through several field seasons. It is worth underscoring that post-excavation work continues as of this writing. Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences The British Academy The Oxford University Dating Laboratory The University College Dublin Seed Fund Southeast Asian Airlines The Luce Foundation University of Washington

The Palawan Island Palaeohistoric Research Project (PIPRP) started in 2003 in the main island of Palawan, the largest westernmost island of the Philippines. In the first two years of the project the work concentrated more in the south and central parts of the island, at the Rio Tuba-Bataraza area, and in the Quezon district. These early initiatives were mostly consisted of surveys, site assessments, and palaeoenvironmental sampling. Since 2004, work concentrated in the northern end of the island, within the municipality of El Nido. The research is primarily led from the Archaeological Studies Program at the University of the Philippines (UP-ASP), and the National Museum of the Philippines (NM). For the season of 2010, the project continued to focus on an area covered by the Municipality of El Nido, expanding from its previous locus within the Dewil valley, New Ibajay, to include the area around Barangay Sibaltan, and within the town proper of El Nido. Like in previous years, the various research interests of the UPASP, the NM, and the scholars/research institutions from abroad were accommodated within the broad framework of the project. Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences The Coral Bay and Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Co. The British Academy Oxford University Dating Laboratory University College Dublin Seed Fund The Solheim Foundation for Archaeological Research

This report narrates the on-going research entitled "The Palawan Island Palaeohistoric Project". The project started in 2004, with active research consistently pursued to the present. The work is primarily initiated from the Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines. For the season of 2009, the project focused on an area covered by the Municipality of El Nido, specifically in the Dewil valley, which includes Barangay New Ibajay. The various research interests of the Archaeological Studies Program (ASP), the National Museum of the Philippines and the scholars/research institutions from abroad were accommodated within the broad framework of the project. Just like in the previous years, an international array of specialist collaborators took part in the field season. The research concerns of our collaborators were satisfied mainly through the specialized nature of their interest, which directly enriched the nature of the project. The field season started in April and ended in May 2009. The slow but continuous post-excavation work from earlier seasons is reflected in this report through the inclusion of specialists reports; as of writing, more post-excavation analysis continues. Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences The Coral Bay and Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Co. Petroenergy corporation Nido Petroleum The Southeast Asian Air (SEAir) Philodrill Corporations Cyberoft Integrated Geoinformatics The British Academy The Oxford University Dating Laboratory University College Dublin Seed Fund Solheim Foundation for Archaeological Research

This research initiative coming out of the Archaeological Studies Program is called "The Palawan Island Palaeohistoric Research Project". For the season of 2008 work focused on the Dewil valley, Municipality of El Nido. The various research interests of the Archaeological Studies Program (ASP), The Solheim Foundation, and the National Museum of the Philippines were further advanced by this latest season. Similar to previous years, specialist collaborators from the Philippines, Europe and North America were involved in the project. The research concerns of our collaborators dove-tailed mainly through each specialist’s own research interest with that of the ASP project. This season saw the participation of a number of graduate students coming from France, Italy, Greece, Belgium, Ireland, and Azerbaijan. The Coral Bay and Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Company The Solheim Foundation for Archaeological Research Nido Petroleum Limited Petro Energy Resources Corporation The Philodrill Corporation