Includes bibliographical references and index. Scott, W. H. (1995). Barangay: sixteenth-century Philippine culture and society. Quezon City, Philippines: Ateneo de Manila University Press.

Introduction -- Part 1: The Visayas -- Chapter 1: Physical appearance -- Chapter 2: Food and farming -- Chapter 3: Trades and commerce -- Chapter 4: Religion -- Chapter 5: Literature and entertainment -- Chapter 6: Natural science -- Chapter 7: Social organization -- Chapter 8: Weapons and war -- Part 2: Mindanao and Luzon -- Chapter 9: Mindanao -- Chapter 10: Bikolandia -- Chapter 11: Tagalog culture and technology -- Chapter 12: Tagalog society and religion -- Chapter 13: Central Luzon -- Chapter 14: Northern Luzon

"This book presents a sixteenth-century Philippine ethnography based on contemporaneous sources. It does not attempt to reconstruct that society by consideration of present Philippine societies, or of features believed to be common to all Austronesian peoples. Nor does it seek similarities with neighboring cultures in Southeast Asia, though the raw data presented should be of use to scholars who might wish to do so. Rather it seeks to answer the question: what did the Spaniards actually say about the Filipino people when they first met them? it is hoped that the answer to that question will permit Filipino readers today to pay a vicarious visit to the land of their ancestors four centuries ago. Part I describes Visayan culture in eight chapters on physical appearance, food and farming, trades and commerce, religion, literature and entertainment, natural science, social organization, and warfare. Part 2 surveys the rest of the archipelago from south to north." - From the Book