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The team was able to discover twenty-one
archaeological sites. The following is the list of archaeological sites
discovered in Barangays Macasandig, Balulang, Lumbia and Walas with their respective area and museum site codes, location, property owner,
description of the site, description of the soil, soil type and surface
finds:
A. Huluga Open Site (Plate
5)
Code |
X-91-Q2 |
| Location |
Sitio Taguanao, Barangay
Macasandig |
| Map coordinates |
N-S 8° 25' 15
E-W 124° 37' 50 |
| Property owner |
Congresswoman Liling
Roa |
| Tenant |
Edgardo Bacaro |
| Elevation |
80 m |
| Geographical
features |
Hills on the east side of Cagayan River; covered with grasses,
wild legumes, shrubs and bananas; grazing land for cattle |
| Soil |
Sandy-loam-clay |
| Surface finds |
Pottery rim, chert flakes,
andesite cobble, unglazed stoneware with excised stamped design, blue-and-white
sherd |
| Test Pit excavation: |
Thin soil layer (Figure
4) |
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B. Huluga Cave
Code |
X-91-R2 |
| Location |
Sitio Taguanao, Barangay
Macasandig |
| Map coordinates |
N-S 8° 25' 15
E-W 124° 37' 50 |
| Property owner |
Congresswoman Liling
Roa |
| Tenant |
Edgardo Bacaro |
| Elevation |
60 m |
| Geographical features |
Cave site in the east side of the Cagayan River; covered with balete
branches; with four chambers and two mouths. |
| Chambers |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
maximum length |
9 m |
5.9 m |
4.5 m |
5 m |
maximum height |
2.4 m |
3.3 m |
8 m |
1.63 m |
maximum width |
4 m |
5.3 m |
3 m |
2.3 m |
mouth orientation |
S155° E |
N80° E |
S170° E |
S135° E |
| Cave
opening |
A |
|
B |
|
| maximum
height |
1.05 m |
|
.94 m |
|
| maximum
width |
1.2 m |
|
.65 m |
|
| orientation |
N345° W |
|
N280° W |
|
| Soil |
Sandy loam; disturbed
by pot hunters, treasure seekers and guano collectors. |
| Surface finds |
Pottery sherds, andesite
cobbles |
C. Liyang Cave
Code |
X-91-S2 |
| Location |
Sitio Taguanao, Barangay
Macasandig |
| Map coordinates |
N-S 8° 25' 15
E-W 124° 37' 40 |
| Property owner |
Congresswoman Liling
Roa |
| Tenant |
Edgardo Bacaro |
| Elevation |
70 m |
| Geographical features |
Cave site in the east side of the Cagayan River; kalibangbang twines were found on the mouth of the cave. |
| Cave dimensions |
maximum length |
8 m |
|
maximum height |
4.6 m |
maximum width |
5.5 m |
| Cave
opening |
| maximum
height |
2.6 m |
|
| maximum
width |
4 m |
| orientation |
N310° |
| Soil |
Clay loam; disturbed
by pot hunters. |
| Surface finds |
Deformed
female crania (Plate 8), pottery sherds and post cranial human skeleton |
D. Kabuaangan Site
Code |
X-91-X2 |
| Location |
Sitio Moloypoloy-Upper
Taguanao, Barangay Macasandig |
| Map coordinates |
N-S 8°
26' 30
E-S 124° 38 '45 |
| Property owner |
Dodong Alpuha |
| Tenant |
Edgardo
Bacaro |
| Elevation |
80 m |
| Geographical
features |
Rockshelter in a conglomerate formation; patches of dipterocarp
forests, balete, bamboos, ferns were found near the rockshelter;
spring and stream were found south of the site. |
| Soil |
Clay loam;
disturbed by mineral collectors |
| Surface finds |
Marine shells
(Placuna sp., Oliva sp., ARCIDEA) (Plate 7) embedded
in sandstone; andesite cobbles |
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E. Bolotohan I Cave
Code |
X-91-Y2 |
| Location |
Taguanao,
Barangay Macasandig |
| Map coordinates |
N-S 8°
25' 55
E-W 124° 39 |
| Property owner |
Caloy Roa |
| Tenant |
|
| Elevation |
90 m |
| Geographical features |
Cave site with a big boulder in its mouth; covered with ferns,
epiphytes, mosses, shrubs and trees; the site is situated in the
east side of Bolotohan creek in a gully. |
| Cave dimensions |
maximum length |
100 + m |
|
maximum height |
1.2 m |
maximum width |
6.3 m |
| orientation |
S245 °W |
|
| Soil |
Clay loam;
disturbed by guano collectors; part of the mouth was undisturbed. |
| Surface finds |
Reported
pottery sherds |
F. Bolotohan II Cave
Code |
X-91-Z2 |
| Location |
Taguanao,
Barangay Macasandig |
| Map coordinates |
N-S 8°
25' 55
E-W 124° 39 |
| Property owner |
Caloy Roa |
| Tenant |
|
| Elevation |
90 m |
| Geographical features |
Cave site; the mouth is partially covered with a large boulder;
covered with forest, ferns, epiphytes, mosses, shrubs; the site
is situated in the east side of the Bolotohan creek. |
| Cave dimensions |
maximum length |
100 + m |
|
maximum height |
5.8 m |
maximum width |
5 m |
| orientation |
S245 °W |
|
| Soil |
Clay loam;
disturbed by guano collectors; the floor was excavated to produce
a canal where water passes. |
| Surface finds |
Reported
potteries. |
G. Kalabera Rockshelter
Code |
X-91-H3 |
| Location |
Sitio Aluba,
Barangay Macasandig |
| Map coordinates |
N-S 8°
27' 55
E-W 124° 39' |
| Property owner |
|
| Tenant |
|
| Elevation |
70 m |
| Geographical features |
Rockshelter in a conglomerate formation situated approximately
10 meters east of Calaupan creek; covered with bushes and shrubs. |
Orientation |
S225° W |
| Soil |
Sandy
loam; disturbed. |
| Surface finds |
Univalves
(Terebralia palustris, Telescopium telescopium, NERITIDAE, Faunus
ater) with broken apices and outer lips (Plate 8); bivalve (Anodonta
sp.), animal and human bones, pottery sherds. |
H. Balete Rockshelter
Code |
X-91-I3 |
| Location |
Sitio Aluba,
Barangay Macasandig |
| Map coordinates |
N-S 8°
27' 55
E-W 124° 39' |
| Property owner |
|
| Tenant |
|
| Elevation |
70 m |
| Geographical features |
Rockshelter in a conglomerate formation; covered with branches
of balete trees; situated about 8 meters from the Calaupan
creek. |
Orientation |
S225° W |
| Soil |
Sandy loam;
disturbed. |
| Surface finds |
Human skeletal
remains; lead ring. |
I. Calaupan Rockshelter
Code |
X-91-J3 |
| Location |
Sitio Aluba,
Barangay Macasandig |
| Map coordinates |
N-S 8°
27' 55
E-W 124° 39 |
| Property owner |
|
| Tenant |
|
| Elevation |
70 m |
| Geographical features |
Rockshelter in a conglomerate formation; situated about 10 meters
from the east side of the creek; covered with balete trees, ipil
and banana. |
Orientation |
S225° W |
| Soil |
Sandy loam;
disturbed. |
| Surface finds |
Human skeletal remains; resin pasted pottery; pottery sherds with
designs (Figure 5):
- Designs made by pinching and scratching
- Coiled with incised designs
- Incised -- wavy-linear designs
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J. Taguanao Open Site
Code |
X-91-K3 |
| Location |
Sitio Taguanao,
Barangay Macasandig |
| Map coordinates |
N-W 8°
26 ' 5
E-W 124° 38 ' 25 |
| Property owner |
Jaime Espinosa |
| Tenant |
|
| Elevation |
40 m |
| Geographical features |
Cultivated area, planted with cacao, coffee, taro, cassava, mango,
papaya, banana, corn, and coconuts. |
| Soil |
Loam clay;
cultivated, with andesite cobbles, corals |
| Surface finds |
Pottery sherds |
K. Sikyup Open Site
Code |
X-91-O3 |
| Location |
Sitio Taguanao,
Barangay Macasandig |
| Map coordinates |
N-S 8°
25 ' 5
E-W 124° 37 ' 40 |
| Property owner |
Congresswoman
Liling Roa |
| Tenant |
Eduardo Bacaro
and Alfredo Ebuna |
| Elevation |
80 m |
| Geographical features |
Cultivated area situated on the slope of a hill, east side of Cagayan
River; planted with corn, mango, banana, coconuts. |
| Soil |
Loam; cultivated,
with andesite cobbles and coral formation. |
| Surface finds |
Pottery sherds, blue and white sherd; white ware sherds. |
L. Kalambagohan Cave Site
Code |
X-91-P3 |
| Location |
Sitio Taguanao, Barangay
Macasandig |
| Map coordinates |
N-S 8° 25' 15
E-W 124° 37' 40 |
| Property owner |
Congresswoman Liling
Roa |
| Tenant |
Edgardo Bacaro and Alfredo
Ebuna |
| Elevation |
70 m |
| Geographical features |
Cave site situated in a limestone formation in the east side of
Cagayan River, just 2 meters from Liyang Cave |
| Chambers |
1 |
2 |
|
|
maximum length |
10 m |
5 m |
|
|
maximum height |
4 m |
3 m |
|
|
maximum width |
1.5 m |
5 m |
|
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| Cave
openings |
A |
B |
|
|
| maximum
height |
10 m |
8 m |
|
|
| maximum
width |
8 m |
5 m |
|
|
| orientation |
N310° W |
N310° W |
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| Soil |
Loam; partially disturbed. |
| Surface finds |
Human skeletons |
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