Before the arrival of the Spanish, Filipinos lived in kinship-based communities called barangays led by local chiefs called datus. They engaged in farming, fishing, and hunting. Lowlanders lived near the coast while highlanders lived inland away from access to water. There was no formal religion but animist beliefs were common. Beginning in the 9th century, foreign traders from China and Arabs who introduced Islam arrived to trade goods like porcelain, silk, and metal wares in exchange for gold, pearls, and medicinal plants. Advanced iron tools led to more organized social structures and writing developed, as evidenced by the earliest known Philippine artifact, the Laguna Copperplate Inscription from 900 AD.

1. PRE-Pre-SpanishEra

2. Filipinos before the arrival of the SpaniardsHUNTERS

3. CULTIVATORSFISHERMEN

4. Short BackgroundThe highlanders who barely had access of seawater, because of the presence of rice terraces, only the central mountains of Luzon had well structured livelihood that resulted to a more fixed territory.

5. Style of CommunityThe lowlanders lived in a kinship headed by a Datu or a chief within a community called Barangay .*Kinship is a relationship between any entities that share a genealogical origin, through either biological, cultural, or historical descent

6. There was no consistent religious hierarchy that time, however animism constituted beliefs and ritual practices.

7. In the 14th century, Arabs arrived, introducing Islam in the south and extending some influence even into Luzon.Chinese merchants and traders arrived and settled in the ninth century A.D.

8. Economic StatusThe chief means of trading was barter. Records show that Chinese merchants came to the Philippines to trade porcelain, silk and metal ware in exchange for gold, pearls, and medicinal plants, which the Philippines is naturally rich in.

9. ChineseFilipinos

10. Jocano refers to the time between the 1st and 14th Century AD as the Philippines' emergent phase. It was characterized by intensive trading, and saw the rise of definable social organization.

11. The advancements that brought this period were made possible by the increased use of iron tools, which allowed such stable patterns to form.

12. This era also saw the development of writing. The first surviving written artifact from the Philippines, now known as the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, was written in 900 AD, marking the end of what is considered Philippine Prehistory and the beginning of Spanish era.

13. Excavations also unearthed gold ingots, known as piloncitos,the first recognized form of coinage in the country. Barter rings in different sizes, gold ornaments and beads were the other objects used as medium of exchange during the period.

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16. Prepared by:Cagadas, Pauline G & Kepes, Nali C.