2016 Field Season

The Ifugao Archaeological Project (IAP) returns to the Old Kiyyangan Village, Habian, Brgy, Mungayang, Kiangan, Ifugao for its 2016 field season.  The 2016 field season marks the end of the first phase of the archaeological research program.  The first phase of the investigations has so far provided information regarding the late introduction of wet rice varieties in the region (post-dating AD 1650); rapid expansion of the village soon after the adoption of wet rice varieties; and increases in social and political differentiation.  We argue that these changes allowed the Ifugao to resist repeated attempts to place them under the direct control of the Spanish colonial administration.  Scholarly articles that provide details on these and other arguments can be accessed here. 

The 2016 field season features 13 new participants, eight returning former participants (undergraduate and undergraduate students), and five senior personnel.  We are also joined by our colleagues from the National Museum, the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples-Ifugao, and the University of the Philippines-Archaeological Studies Program.  

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The 2016 IAP Crew:

Esther Aguayo, San Diego State University
Dr. Grace Barretto-Tesoro, UP-ASP
Dr. Mary Jane Louise Bolunia, National Museum
Lorena D'Urzo, CSU-Chico
Mikhail Echavarri, University of Washington
Dr. Alan Farahani, UCLA
Marko Germono, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Danielle Kalani Heinz, UCLA
Dr. Mauricio Hernandez, UCLA
Karen Honda, University of Hawaii-Manoa
Ricardo Samson Iglesias II, UC-Berkeley
Jared Koller, Boston University
Queeny Lapena, UCLA
Dr. Adam Lauer, IARII/University of Hawaii-Manoa
Wendy Layco, CSU-LA
Esther Licnachan, NCIP-Ifugao
Dr. Chin-hsin Liu, CSU-Northridge
Marlon Martin, SITMo
Robin Meyer-Lorey, UCLA
Richard Nicolas, CSU-LA
Matthew Ordinario, Fordham
Tiffany Peacock, University of South Carolina 
Christopher Roldan, Hunter College
Isadora Sharon, Humboldt State
Marie Antoinette Sioco, UP-ASP
AJ Steinbruchel, University of Hawaii-Manoa
Margaret Von Rotz, UCLA
Maddie Yakal, UCLA
Emily Zulueta, CSU-LA