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Fig. 6.11 Japanese blue-and-white small double-gourd bottle of Arita Kiln, Hizen area Boljoon,
Cebu, ca. 1650–1670 (Bersales and de Leon 2011)

belief system can only be observed to burials belonging to elite or with high social
strati!cation in contrast to burials with no grave goods.
Further studies on issues that look into aspects of social strati!cation in con-
cordance with the type of Fujian wares and other trade ceramics found elsewhere in
the Philippines may prove useful.

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Bautista, A. P. (2001). Terminal Report: Re-excavation of the Ayuntamien to Property.
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Bersales, J. E., & de Leon, A. (2011). The archaeology of an Augustinian frontier mission: A
report on the !fth phase of excavations at the Boljoon Parish Church, Cebu. Philippine