Download or read book Oriental Ceramics Discovered in the Philippines written by Leandro Locsin and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The excavations made at Santa Ana by Leandro and Cecilia Locsin vividly illustrate, as in the Ming-period excavations at Calatagan, the great value of Chinese pottery to the early Filipinos and the intensity of the pottery trade during the proto-historic period. At Santa Ana in a large Filipino burial site contemporary with the Sung dynasty were recovered 1, 513 pieces(!) of Chinese pottery in 202 graves. The excavations were made within the city of Manila under extremely difficult circumstances--a story in itself--and represent a major archaeological achievement in the Philippines.--pg. xiii.