The Application of the Laws of the Indies in the Pacific: the Excavation of Two Old Stone-Based Houses in San Juan, Batangas, Philippines

• Published in: International journal of historical archaeology Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 433 - 463
• Main Author: Barretto-Tesoro, Grace
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer 01.09.2015; Springer US
• Subjects: 16th century; 19th century; Archaeology; Hierarchy; Law; Philippines; Puerto Rico; Resettlement; Social Sciences; Spain; Stone structures; Laws of the Indies; Spanish town; Philippines; Reduccion

During the Spanish Occupation of the Philippines from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, the Laws of the Indies and ordinances determined where settlements should be established and how structures should be built. These laws radically changed indigeneous settlement patterns and created a hie...