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used in recent times, but this may well be a secondary use. This type 
of implement is also represented in Indochina, and has been found, 
for example, in the old dwelling place at Bao-Tro near Dong-hoi in 
Annam. 
In addition to axes, axlike implements, pounders, pestles, and grind- 
ing stones, we found what may be a part of a knife, a few obsidian 
flakes, a netsinker, and a phallus-shaped object. 
The occurrence among the surface findings, especially at Kay Tomas, 
of several stone implements, seems to indicate, as mentioned, that there 
may have existed in the vicinity a Stone Age dwelling site. As primi- 
tive man in many parts of the world used stilt dwellings erected on the 
shore in sheltered creeks or on the river banks, it is possible that further 
research made along the shore may reveal the existence of such dwell- 
ing places, and also give some information regarding possible upward 
or downward movements of the land with consequent displacement of 
the shore line. Such stilt dwellings are often seen even today in large 
areas of southeast Asia. 
CONCLUSION 
In this paper we have discussed briefly an attempt to throw some 
light on a single facet of Philippine prehistory, and have suggested 
some of the unsolved problems awaiting archeologists in that inter- 
esting region. As already mentioned, one of the most effective means 
of furthering archeological research in the Philippines would certainly 
be the creation of a national board of archeological survey as once 
conceived by the late President Manuel Quezon. Such a board would 
be in a position to promote our knowledge of the Filipino peoples in 
pre-Spanish times, first, by directing and sponsoring scientifically 
conducted excavations and research, and second, by recommending 
appropriate legislation prohibiting uncontrolled digging in ancient 
graves and dwelling sites, which generally are of little, if any, benefit 
to archeological science. May it also be suggested that adequate 
reports on excavations already carried out should be published, as well 
as descriptions of existing public and private collections of antiquities 
found in Philippine soil. 
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