A critical study of the prehispanic source materials for the study of Philippine history - Scott, William Henry 1921-1993 (Manila University of Santo Tomas Press, 1968)
Chapter I. Archaeology: Part I -- Theological background -- The Pleistocene in the Philippines -- Possible Formosan connections -- Archaeological dating methods -- Chinese porcelains -- Stratification and association -- Carbon 14 -- Tektites -- Other methods -- The old stone age techniques. -- Chapter II. Archaeology: Part II -- The middle stone age in the Philippines -- The new stone age in the Philippines -- Pottery and porcelain in the Philippines -- Jar burial -- Ancient Philippine graves -- Summary -- Chapter III. Linguistics and palaeography -- Austronesian languages -- Lexicostatistics -- Loan-words -- Sanskrit loan-words -- Chinese loan-words -- The Philippine alphabet -- History -- Description -- Summary -- Chapter IV. Written records -- Chinese records -- Chao Ju-kua's Chu Fan Chih -- Wang Ta-yuans Tao I Chih Lueh -- Later Chinese accounts -- Other accounts -- Quasi-historical records -- Summary -- Chapter V. The Maragtas -- Contents -- Provenance -- The confederation of Madiaas -- The Maragtas Code -- Use of the Maragtas by historians -- Summary -- Chapter VI. The contributions of Jose E. Marco to Philippine historiography: Part I -- Resena Historico de la Isla de Negros -- The three bark documents -- Provenance -- Contents -- Informes inedos sobre Filipinas and Un Mapa antiquisimo -- The povedano 1572 map of Negros -- Provenance -- Contents -- The Povedano manuscript of 1572 -- Provenance -- Contents -- The Pavon manuscripts of 1838-1839 -- Provenance -- Contents -- Anachronisms -- Chapter VII. The contributions of Jose E. Marco to the Philippine historiography: Part II -- The Povedano manuscript of 1578 -- Provenance -- Contents -- The Povedano manuscripts in 1577 & 1579 -- Assessment -- Summary -- Summary and conclusions.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-156).
Keywords: Philippines -- History -- To 1521 -- Sources