LIVELIHOODS OF
THE EARLY
FILIINOS
BY:GROUP 8
TOPICS
Livelihoods
of the early
Filipinos
Technology used by the early
Filipinos
LIVELIHOODS
The
livelihoods of the early
Filipinos included: farming,
fishing, pearl diving, pottery,
hunting,collecting fire wood,
mining, fruit picking and
trading.
FARMING
Farming is one of the main
industries of the early Filipinos
• The early Filipinos three
methods of farming.
• There is the kaingin, araro or
plow and the irrigation method
KAINGIN METHOD
In kaingin,the farmer would
clear or remove all wild plants
on the land.They would burn
the plants and the farmers
would then dig holes on the
ground .Then, seed or stems
would be planted in it.
ARARO OR PLOW METHOD
In araro or plow, big piles of
soil would be broken into
smaller pieces by using
suyod or a horrow.The plow
and the horrow would be
pulled by a carabao, while
the farmer was behind the
plow.
IRRIGATION METHOD
 In
the irrigation mehtod, they
would dig tunnels r canals on
cliffs where there is a stream or
a river that flows to the area
where the farmer is planting
crops.Through irrigation farmers
could harvest more for the year.
HUNTING
One of the most common
livelihood of the early Filipinos
The early Filipinos used
spears, bows and arrows.
They hunted for baboy-ramo
or wild pigs and other wild
animals.
FISHING
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early Filipinos used spears
and fishing nets called lambats
to catch fish.They catch fish,
shrimp and other crustaceans
like crabs and lobsters.They
only use large nets with big
holes so that they won’t catch
the smaller fish.
Sometimes they would pour plant
extracts into the body of water
to make the fish dizzy, then the
fish can easily be caught by net
or spear. The early Filipinos
also used traps like Paksol and
Salakab.
Paksol was built at the edge of
the lake.It was covered with
water plants and water flowed
into it.When a big fish goes in
he trap, it could seldom get out.
Salakab was a basket-like
thing made of thin bamboo
sticks with and open bottom.
The fishermen would throw it
into the water as many times
until they would catch a fish.
PEARL DIVING
 Another
livelihood of the early
Filipinos is pearl diving.
It is a popular livelihood in
Mindanao.In pearl diving, they dive
and look for oysters and remove
them from the rocks wih a
knife.Then, they open it up and see
if there are pearls.
MINING
The early Filipinos mined for
gold, silver, copper and steel.
They used steel to make
blades fos bolos, spears,
daggers, arrows, plows and
horrows.
FRUIT PICKING
The early Filipinos would pick
fruits in the forest. They
would climb and cut the stem
or branch with fruits with a
bolo or a dagger.
POTERRY
The early Filipinos would
make pots or jars.They
would use clay to make
earthen pots and jars.
TRADING
The early Filipinos later on traded
with merchants their products
for the merchant’s products.
This system of trade is called
barter.They traded with
merchants from Cambodia,
Siam, China, Borneo and
Japan.
TECHNOLOGY USED BY
THE EARLY FILIPINOS
The early Filipinos used
different tools. Their tools
were made up of materials
like steel, wood and stone.
TOOLS USED FOR
HUNTING AND FISHING
The early filipinos used spears
to catch fish and animals.
They also used bows and
arrows.The tips of the spear
and arrow are usualy made
up of stone or steel.
While the rest of the spear or
arrow is made up of wood.
The bows would be made up
of wood. They used stones
to sharpen their weapons.
WEAPONS USED IN WAR
The early Filipinos used
different weapons in war.
They used bolos, spears,
bows and arrows in battle.
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TOOLS USED IN FARMING
The tools they used in farming
were plows and horrows .
They were made of steel or
stone.
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Members:Trenton Tan,
Lance Ting, Byron Uy,
Richmond Vicente, Enzo
Villacorta