Proposal for a Surface Archaeology Methodology in Bluf lands Archaeology (the Cordillera region of Luzon) 1 Afliate Scholar, Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines Diliman Research Associate, National Museum of the Philippines Graduate Student, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Chicago 2 Suraphon Athapanyawanit (personal communication, 3 May 2012) Kanchanaburi, Thailand translation by Kritsana Canilao Email: migscanilao@gmail.com Hukay Volume 18, pp. 82-89 Michael Armand P. Canilao, M.A. 1 “Phuu-khao thi Baguio nii yai too mii yod laem mak!” (The mountains in Baguio are very big and sharp!), sighs Surapon Athapanyawanit (67yo, Thai national) remembering the fnal approach of his plane which was about to land at the Loakan airport of Baguio City in the early 1980s. 2 Introduction Indeed, on a latent level, the statement above shows the apprehension or trepidation that naturally sets in as one (for the very frst time) gets into close contact with the overwhelming elevations of the Cordillera mountain range be it by land travel or as in Athapanyawanit’s case-- air travel. Such mountains like the Mangitkiran mountain range referred to by Athapanyawanit command both awe and respect. On a practical level, in archaeological methodology, such domineering landforms also deserve “out of the box” consideration in terms of archaeological approaches. In terrestrial Philippine archaeology, the typical feldwork site is situated in the lowland plains or in rockshelters and cave sites where stratigraphic deposition can be said to have been in proper chronological succession or order.