Above: Chinese ceramics — a large dish and a jarlet — dating to between 1567 and 1620. The dish was used to cover the head of the dead during a burial, a practice among pre-Hispanic natives. (Photo courtesy of Jobers Bersales)

Pieces of Chinese ceramics were again found in another pre-Hispanic burial in Boljoon. Archaeologist Jose Eleazar Bersales who led the diggings near the Patrocinio de Maria Church found Zhangzhou and Anxi-type wares among fragmented burials. Continue Reading »