Brief History of Science and Technology in The Philippines

Brief History of Science and Technology in the Philippines
Science
In pre-Spanish Philippines, is embedded in
the way of life of the people. Scientific
knowledge is observed in the way they
plant their crops that provide them food, in
taking care of animals to help them in their
daily tasks, and foe food productions.
Science is observed in the way they
interpret the movements of heavenly bodies
to predict seasons and climates, and in
organizing days into months and years.
They use science in preparing the soil for
agricultural purposes and like any other
ancient cultures, they discovered the
medicinal uses.
Technology
- is used by people in building
houses, irrigations and in developing
tools that they can use in everyday
life. They developed tools for
planting, hunting, cooking, and
fishing; for fighting their enemies
during war or tribal conflicts; and for
transportation, both on land and on
waterways. They also developed
technologies in creating musical
instruments.
STONE AGE
•Archeological findings show that modern man from Asian
mainland first came over land on across narrow channels
to live in Batangas and Palawan about 48,000 B.C.
•Subsequently they formed settlement in Sulu, Davao,

Zamboanga, Samar, Negros, Batangas, Laguna, Rizal,
Bulacan and Cagayan.
Inventions
•They made simple tools and
weapons of stone flakes and later
developed method of sawing and
polishing stones around 40,000
B.C.
•By around 3,000 B.C. they were
producing adzes ornaments of
seashells and pottery. Pottery
flourished for the next 2,000 years
until they imported Chinese
porcelain. Soon they learned to
produce copper, bronze, iron, and
gold metal tools and ornaments.
Iron Age
•The Iron Age lasted from

there third century B.C. to
11th century A.D. During this
period Filipinos were engaged
in extraction smelting and
Smelting and refining iron
refining of iron from ores, Refining processes extract valuable metals from
until the importation of cast ores or other raw materials. The term "smelting"
is used for the extraction of metal from ores using
iron from Sarawak(Malaysia) melting and heating (pyrometallurgy). ... The
term 'refining' refers to any process that increases
and later from China. the grade or purity of a metal.
Inventions/Discoveries
•Early Filipinos engaged themselves
into weaving, shipbuilding, mining, and
farming that led them to the creation of
the finest product of engineering "the
Banaue Rice Terraces".
•Early Spanish noted that Filipinos built
a refined plank-built warship called
“Caracoa" that is suited for inter-island
trade. Karakoa were large outrigger warships. They were used
by native Filipinos, notably the Kapampangans and the
Visayans, during seasonal sea raids. Karakoa were
distinct from other traditional Philippine sailing vessels in
that they were equipped with platforms for transporting
warriors and for fighting at sea. During peacetime, they
were also used as trading ships.
10th century A.D Trading
•Filipinos from the Butuan •The People of Ma-I and San-Hsu
were trading with Champa (Palawan) traded bee wax, cotton,
(Vietnam) and those from Ma- pearls, coconut heart mats,
I (Mindoro) with China as tortoise shell and medicinal betel
noted in Chinese records nuts, panie cloth for porcelain,
containing several references leads fishnets sinker, colored glass
to the Philippines. These beads, iron pots, iron needles and
archaeological findings tin.
indicated that regular trade
relations between the
Philippines, China and
Vietnam had been well
established from the 10th
century to the 15th century
A.D.
Before the Spaniards
Filipinos were already engage
in activities and practices
related to science forming
primitive or first wave
technology. They were curative
values of some plant on how to
extract medicine from herbs.
They had an alphabet, a system Baybayin is a pre-Hispanic Philippine
of writing, a method of script. It is an alphasyllabary belonging to
counting and weights and the family of the Brahmic scripts. It was
widely used in Luzon and other parts of the
measure. They had no calendar Philippines prior to and during the 16th and
but counted the years by the 17th centuries before being supplanted by
period of the moon and from the Latin alphabet during the period of
one harvest to another. Spanish colonization.
SPANISH COLONIAL ERA
• The Spanish introduced formal education and founded scientific institution.
• Parish schools were established where religion, reading, writing, arithmetic and music
was taught.
• Sanitation and more advanced methods of agriculture was taught to the natives.
• Later the Spanish established colleges and universities in the archipelago including the
oldest existing university in Asia, the University of Santo Tomas.
• Later the Spanish established colleges and universities in the archipelago
including the oldest existing university in Asia, the University of Santo
Tomas.
• The Galleon Trade have accounted in the Philippine colonial economy.
• The opening of the Suez Canal saw the influx of European visitors to the
Spanish colony and some Filipinos were able to study in Europe who were
probably influenced by the rapid development of scientific ideals brought
by the Age of Enlightenment.

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