New paper published in Annales de Paléontologie. The ancient predatory guild of Luzon (Philippines) remains obscure. A fragmentary deer tibia with bite marks from a Pleistocene paleochannel deposit in La Union Province opens the possibility of a Crocodile or another yet unknown predator as responsible agent.
I presented my paper titled "What Can Historical Linguists Learn from Archaeologists: Some Reflections from Teaching Lingg 150" at the 2024 installment of the Binalot Talks. More details at https://archaeology.upd.edu.ph/event/binalot-talks-what-can-historical-linguists-learn-archaeologists-some-reflections-teaching?fbclid=IwAR2jlSwD_j3zPxl_vSycpyevH2TT1VeRq4NqaNJ1mGXyidzLBlHuBFylii0. A recording of the session may be accessed through the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWgtZOgiVE0. Read more about Binalot Talk 2024
The updated curricula added six (6) units to the existing programs with the inclusion of Archaeo 220 (Philippine Preshistoric Archaeology, 3 units) and Archaeo 260 (Archaeological Resource Management, 3 units) to the core courses. Aside from changing the program requirements, the curricular update also includes the institution of a new course and revision of existing courses.
A major course revision is the splitting of Archaeo 242 Archaeobiological Remains, which covers both botanical and faunal materials, into two: a renamed Archaeo 242, Archaeozoological Remains and a newly-...
CE 297 Special Topics on Finite Element Method for Structural Dynamics (Graduate-level course) Offered: 1st Semester AY 2023-2024
This course introduced the application of the finite element method (FEM) to model the behavior of structures or components subjected to dynamic loads. The course covered the code implementation of two- and three-dimensional FEM together with eigenvalue analysis and time integration methods in a working program, which can be used in verification and validation studies of linear-elastic problems. The topics...
This work addresses the stratigraphic sequence of two prehistoric cavities with occupations from the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods, important for the understanding of human occupations from the Pleistocene and Holocene at the southern Iberian Peninsula. It is an interdisciplinary contribution with geological, stratigraphic studies, soil micromorphology, pollen, anthracology, terrestrial macrofauna and microfauna, marine fauna, archaeometry of lithic tools, analysis of lithic technology, ceramic studies, as well as prehistoric art. It is completed with numerous...
VERA Files is a nonstock, nonprofit media organization that takes a more in-depth look into contemporary Philippine issues. I was interviewed by their correspondent Nica Rhiana Hanopol on President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.'s doublespeak in the video feature "VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Pangako o Pangarap? Marcos Jr.'s doublespeak". You may watch the feature in their official website (https://verafiles.org/articles/vera-files-fact-check-yearender-pangako-o-pangarap-marcos-jr-s-doublespeak) and Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBQ1sklRhlY). Read more about VERA Files Fact Check Yearender
I was invited to give a talk last November 10 2023 on Artificial Intelligence and its relations to human language at a seminar talk-show at the De Paul House, St. Vincent School of Theology, Tandang Sora, Quezon City. The talk was attended by seminarians in their 1st to 4th years of theology study and the academic coordinator Manuel Victor J. Sapitula, PhD.
Tuko Chronicles is the official podcast of the UP CSSP Folklore Studies Program. The latest episode titled "Hop-On Hop-Off Linguistics Caravan: Snippets of Life as Told Through Various Philippine Languages" was produced in collaboration with the UP Department of Linguistics. It features narratives told by individual speakers of the languages Ibatan, Itneg Inlaud, Kapampangan Mabatang, Porohanon, Bagobo-Klata, and graduate students and faculty members of the department providing introductory remarks to each recording. I served as the host of the episode.
