The Agta People: A Photographic Depiction Of The Casiguran Agta People Of Northern Aurora Province, Luzon Island, The Philippines [Paperback]

The Agta People is a photographic reflection of the demographic and cultural change of the Casiguran Agta people over the past half century. This book contains 1,054 photographs of Agtas, taken by the Headlands from 1962 to 2010. Each photo has a caption which includes the name of the individual, names of their parents and spouses, their birth and death dates, the percentage of Agta ancestry, and the year the photo was taken.

Images in The Agta People are generated from the Agta Demographic Database: Chronicle of a Hunter-Gatherer Community in Transition, published on-line in 2009. According to the wishes of the Agta community, this database is accessible to anyone and provides detailed information about the individuals in the photographs, as well as vital statistics about the Agta population.

The Agta People was first published in the Casiguran Agta language in 2009. In 2010, the Headlands personally distributed free copies of that edition to every Agta household. The present English edition is intended for anthropologists, demographers, social scientists, and students who have shown interest in the culture, history and population dynamics of the Agta people.

The paragraphs below are taken from the foreword written by P. Bion Griffin, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, University of Hawaii

(A casual) observer may not be aware of the range of contributions the Headlands have made to both the Agta people, the Philippines, and to the discipline of anthropology. The Agta People represents a labor of love to all three; one needs to look to the book's sister publication to appreciate the priority given to the Agta hosts. The Agta People is an English translation of an identical volume in the Casiguran Agta language: Letrato Na Agta: Agta a Tolay a Megiyan ta Probinsiya na Aurora Adene ta Banwan na Casiguran, sakay ta Dinalongan, sakay ta Dilasag, sakay ta Dinapigi (Isabela) Isla na LuzlÓ.