About of Palawan

Using the work of Von den Driesch,all chosen anatomical features of appendicular elements anatomical features which
were chosen, besides molars, were measured to distinguish between taxa that had close relationships, and see
morphometric changes over ages, though not for pigs or deer. For the latter two, cranial and mandibular elements,
besides teeth of deer from Ille Cave were compared with samples of the Philippine brown deer, Calamian hog deer, and
Visayan spotted deer, and thus two taxa of deer have been identified from the fossils Axis and Cervus.Remains of pigs
were compared with the Eurasian and Palawanese wild boar. It is known that the Eurasian wild boar was imported as a
domesticate to the islands from mainland Southeast Asia to the islands during the Terminal Holocene.
Palawan, along with the rest of Philippines, was part of greater India and indosphere as evident by the discovery of a
gold ornamental pendant from the Tabon caves in the island of Palawan. It is an image of Garuda, the eagle bird who is
the mount of Hindu deity Vishnu.The discovery of sophisticated Hindu imagery and gold artifacts in Tabon caves has
been linked to those found from c Eo archaeological site in Tho Sn District in southern An Giang Province of Vietnam in
the Mekong River Delta.These archaeological evidence suggests an active trade of many specialized goods and gold
between India and Philippines and coastal regions of Vietnam and China. Between 8th to 12th centuries, Philippines was
part of Hindu-Buddhist Srivijaya kingdowm, which in turn was a vassal of the Indian Hindu kingdom of Chola dynasty.
Several places in Malaysia and Indonesia were invaded by Rajendra Chola I of the Chola dynasty.
In the 12th century, Malay immigrants arrived. Most of their settlements were ruled by Malay chieftains. These people
grew rice, ginger, coconuts, sweet potatoes, sugarcane and bananas. They also raised swine, goats and chickens. Most of
their economic activities were fishing, farming, and hunting by the use of bamboo traps and blowguns. The local people
had a dialect consisting of 18 syllables.They were followed by the Indonesians of the Majapahit Empire in the 13th
century, and they brought with them Buddhism and Hinduism.Surviving Buddhist images and sculptures are primarily in
and near Tabon Cave.