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Ligaya S. P. Lacsina

Associate Professor
lslacsina@up.edu.ph

Research Interest:
I'm a maritime archaeologist with a specific interest in Southeast Asian watercraft construction. My 2016 doctoral thesis examined the Butuan Boats, which were first excavated in Butuan City in the 1970s. I received my Doctor of Philosophy in Archaeology from Flinders University of South Australia and Master of Arts in Archaeology from the University of the Philippines in 2009. I previously worked at the National Museum of the Philippines' Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage Division as a researcher and curator from 2016 to 2021, after starting my career in the institution as a researcher in the Archaeology Division in 2004.

Area of Specialization:
maritime archaeology, underwater archaeology, ship and boat-building

Current and Previous Projects

2018	Iberian shipbuilding in the Philippines and Asia
2017-2018	National Museum of the Philippines (NMP)-Navigea survey for deep water World War II shipwrecks in Philippine waters
2018	Vietnam Maritime Archaeology Project in Quan Lan Island, Vietnam
2017	Catanauan Underwater Archaeological Project
2012-2013	Butuan Boats archaeological excavation
2011	Scarborough Shoal Underwater Archaeology Project
2011	Marigondon Cave Underwater Archaeology Project
2011	Investigation of a reported shipwreck site in Dakak, Dapitan City, Zamboanga Del Norte
2008	Underwater Archaeological Exploration in Eastern Catanduanes
2008	Archaeological Survey of Ilocos Norte
2006	Archaeological Excavation at Isumbo Site, S. Espanola, Palawan
2006	Plaza Independencia Project
2005	Underwater Archaeological Excavation in Mangsee, Balabac, Palawan
2004	Batangas Archaeological Project
2002-2006	Archaeological Exploration and Excavation in Batanes Province

Education

2016	PhD in Archaeology, Flinders University
2009	M.A. in Archaeology, University of the Philippines Diliman

Archaeology Courses Taught

Archaeology 251	Underwater Archaeology in Southeast Asia
Archaeology 297	Nautical Archaeology
Archaeology 297	Maritime Archaeology

Publications

2020	"Examining pre-colonial Southeast Asian boatbuilding: An archaeological study of the Butuan Boats and the use of edge-joined planking in local and regional construction techniques." Timon: The Proceedings of the Philippine Maritime Heritage Forum. AIMS Museo Maritimo. Manila.
2020	Lacsina, L. and A. Mochtar. "The lashed-lug tradition beyond commonalities: A closer examination of various keel design within Southeast Asian shipbuilding tradition". Advancing Southeast Asian Archaeology 2019: Selected Papers from the Third SEAMEO SPAFA International Conference on Southeast Asian Archaeology. SEAMEO SPAFA Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts. Bangkok.
2020	"Southeast Asian boat construction in the Philippines at the end of the first millennium: The Butuan Boats". Philippine Journal of History. Vol. 66.
2019	"The same-same boatbuilding tradition? Looking at different examples of lashed-lug boats from the Southeast Asian region". Past, Present and Future of ASEAN Maritime Heritage: Proceedings of International Symposium. Underwater Archaeology Division, Fine Arts Department, Ministry of Culture. Bangkok.
2019	"Ancient Boat Sites in Butuan City, Philippines". In Y. Ishizawa, N. Sotheavin and M. Yoshida (eds.) Report on Activities for Exchanges in International Cooperation for the Inheritance of Cultural Properties and the New Role of Museums within ASEAN 10 Countries. Sophia University Asian Center for Research and Human Development. Tokyo.
2016	Jago-on, S.C., B. Orillaneda, and L. Lacsina. "The archaeology of the Manila Acapulco galleons". In Kabarkadáhan: La Rute del Galeón Manila-Acapulco (Ang Galeong nag-uugnay sa Manila at Acapulco) UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines. Published conference proceedings. Manila.
2015	"The Butuan Boats of the Philippines: Southeast Asian edge-joined and lashed-lug watercraft". Bulletin of the Australasian Institute of Nautical Archaeology. Vol. 39.