CHAPTER 4 - Pre-colonial of science and technology in the Philippines

pre-colonial science and technology 

• slow pacing of science and technology because of the following:

  • archipelagic condition - island scatter

  • different dialects - people are contented with what they have and because of the occurrence of the dialects, they had a hard time communicating with people from other region. Late technological advancement.

  • not open to new ideas in terms of agriculture - they stick with primitive ideas and uses astronomical data in determining the harvest time of crops

  • strong belief of superstitious - they embodied it with their lifestyle.

uses of science and technology

• uses tools for hunting and survival

• uses of plants or herbs for healing and prosperity 

• known as the “metal age” with the abundance use of metals such as gold and silver with their jewelry

• use of musical instruments with every phase of life

• uses irrigation system with low land planting

• building technologies for their houses

• food production as preparation for lean season

• they interpret heavenly bodies and predict weather/climate for agricultural purposes

baybayin

• their writing system

• was known as “alibata” (wrong)

• beautiful ancient way of writing in the Philippine

time

• they had no concept of it and no clocks

• they come up with the word “taon” that automatically meant as “years”

variations of taon

• taon - assembling of many

• pagkakataon - opportunity

• nagkataon - by any chance

• nataon - occur at the same time

• itinataon - to set a schedule

• panahon - weather

visayan version of taon

• taon — time of harvest

• tuig — periodic events

• dag-on — blooming

moon phases

• gimata - open eyes

• katin - third quarter

• malasumbang - new phase

• arao - day

• gab-i — night

tagalog

• bukang liwayway - dawn

• katanghalian - peak (high) noon or middayy

• lulunod na - setting sun (4pm)

• pagsikat ng talang baquero - 3:30 am

• pagsikat ng talang batugan - light appears on the horizon (twilight)

• mababa na - afternoon (2pm)

• takipsilim - 10 - 11 pm

• hatinggabi - midnight