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Tropical perspectives from researchers around the globe. Please get in touch with us if you are interested in writing a blog for Pantropica.

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(Re)Visiting the Vuhus Island in Batanes, Philippines

Posted on September 24, 2025 by Maximillian Findley

Marvin Dorosan Research Associate, PANTROPOCENE; Graduate Student, UP School of Archaeology Vuhus Island is an uninhabited island to the west of Sabtang. It has an…

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High Up the Mountains: Remote Sensing in Asipulo, Ifugao

Posted on September 24, 2025 by Maximillian Findley

By Marvin Dorosan Research Associate, PANTROPOCENE. Graduate Student, UP School of Archaeology The Municipality of Asipulo is located south of the province of Ifugao in…

Altar’d States of Nagsimbaanan: The Archaeological Excavation of Pata Church Ruins, Sanchez Mira, Cagayan
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Altar’d States of Nagsimbaanan: The Archaeological Excavation of Pata Church Ruins, Sanchez Mira, Cagayan

Posted on September 19, 2025September 19, 2025 by Maximillian Findley

By Pau Basilia, Timothy Ong, Alyssandra Lopez, Christian Fernandez, Quincy Lingao, Marvin Dorosan, Salvador Sambitan III, and Grace Barretto-Tesoro   The Pata Church ruins, officially…

UPSA returns to Balai Isabel Church Ruins
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UPSA returns to Balai Isabel Church Ruins

Posted on August 7, 2025August 7, 2025 by Maximillian Findley

UPSA returns to Balai Isabel Church Ruins By Nicole Grace H. Casing UPSA Graduate Student The “Pantropocene: Finding a pre-industrial, pan-tropical ‘Anthropocene’” is an ERC-funded…

Balai Isabel Ruins Excavations
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Balai Isabel Ruins Excavations

Posted on June 16, 2025June 16, 2025 by Maximillian Findley

By Raisa Perez, Joan Quincy Lingao, and Mark Mabanag Introduction On 13 February 2023, we started the first archaeological excavation related to the PANTROPOCENE Project.…

Palaeoenvironmental coring in Aparri and Gattaran, Cagayan and in Palakpakin Lake, San Pablo, Laguna (Philippines)
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Palaeoenvironmental coring in Aparri and Gattaran, Cagayan and in Palakpakin Lake, San Pablo, Laguna (Philippines)

Posted on September 7, 2023September 7, 2023 by Mark Mabanag

In late April 2023, a couple of years after the start of the European Research Council-funded PANTROPOCENE Project (and countless Zoom meetings), project personnel and…

Survey Work for Dry Maar Lakes in Laguna as part of the PANTROPOCENE Project
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Survey Work for Dry Maar Lakes in Laguna as part of the PANTROPOCENE Project

Posted on June 15, 2023June 15, 2023 by Mark Mabanag

For those keeping track, we have now identified 6 potential archaeological sites in Laguna and Batangas in the Southern Luzon region for further research as…

PANTROPOCENE Workshop 2023
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PANTROPOCENE Workshop 2023

Posted on June 13, 2023June 13, 2023 by Quincy Lingao

Words by Quincy Lingao & Ivana Biong (Research Assistants, PANTROPOCENE Project School of Archaeology, University of the Philippines – Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines) To reflect…

PANTROPOCENE Archaeological Surveys in Cagayan & Isabela, the Philippines
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PANTROPOCENE Archaeological Surveys in Cagayan & Isabela, the Philippines

Posted on January 7, 2023January 24, 2023 by Mark Mabanag

On the 26th anniversary of the founding of the University of the Philippines’ Archaeological Studies Program (UP-ASP) on August 24, 2021, an architect named Michael…

Survey Work in Laguna, Batangas, and Tayabas (Quezon Province), the Philippines
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Survey Work in Laguna, Batangas, and Tayabas (Quezon Province), the Philippines

Posted on September 15, 2022September 15, 2022 by Mark Mabanag

The search for potential areas for study for the PANTROPOCENE project continues. As part of a group of archaeologists from the Archaeological Studies Program (ASP)…

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    In Blog, Posts
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  • Altar’d States of Nagsimbaanan: The Archaeological Excavation of Pata Church Ruins, Sanchez Mira, Cagayan
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    In Blog, Posts
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  • UPSA returns to Balai Isabel Church Ruins
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    UPSA returns to Balai Isabel Church Ruins By Nicole
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