Antoon Postma

Antoon Postma

Antoon Postma is a Dutch anthropologist who has married into and lives among the Hanunó'o, a Mangyan sub-tribe in Mindoro, Philippines. He is best known for being the first to decipher the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, and for documenting the Hanunó'o script, paving the way for its preservation. he was invited in several talks all over the Philippines, one of which is his talk to the University of San Carlos at the Buttenburch Auditorium attended by several students including the Explorers Club last 2008 attended by Jeffrey "Ken" Ecarma

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