Historical Sources

Question 1

What are sources?

Answer 1

Anything we can glean history from

Question 2

What are the two categories according to form?

Answer 2

Written/published
- Archives

Non-written

• archaeology
• audiovisual
• oral

Question 3

What three things can we get from epics?

Answer 3

Cultural practices
Ideal traits/values
Societal formation

Question 4

What are the 2 classifications according to significance?

Answer 4

Primary

Secondary

Question 5

EXAMPLES: Archives

Archivo General de Militar

Answer 5

Light of Liberty by Richardson
- product of info from Spanish archives previously unknown to us
Esp re: Katipunan

Question 6

EXAMPLES: Archives

National Archives of the Philippines

Answer 6

Lacks organization

Question 7

EXAMPLES: Archives

American Historical Collection

Answer 7

American experience in the PH

Question 8

EXAMPLES: Archives

Philippine Radical Papers

Answer 8

Re: Martial Law period
Has nationalist, anti-gov’t papers
Contains sensitive data

Question 9

EXAMPLES: Artifacts
Mannungol Jar
Lucy
Murillo Velarde Map

Answer 9

MJ- cultural: afterlife
L- theory of evolution thought to be missing link
MVM- used in CH arbitration case; lists Bajo de Masinloc in PH territory

Question 10

EXAMPLES: Cultural

Ygolotes
Pagbibigay Kayad/ Bride Price 
Pagpupusad 
Mahabarata 
Ibalon

Answer 10

Ygt- not an ethnolonguistic group; ‘taga bundok’
BP- point of comparison in cultures
Pgpd- gold teeth
Mahabarata- Indian caste systems and spirituality
Ibalon- consistent w/ historical progression

Question 11

Primary v. Secondary sources

Answer 11

Primary
- direct connection: documents; produced in same time/period

Secondary

• COLLATED from other sources
• INTERPRETED data