Contents
Museum Director’s Preface — Shan-nan Chang I
Director-General’s Preface — Jun-wei Chen IV
The First Author's Preface — Cheng-hwa Tsang V
The Second Author's Preface — Kuang-ti Li VII
Chapter 1 Archaeologists Bring to Light 5,000 Years of
the TSP's Past
02 A Chance Beginning
04 TSP Sites, Like Stars Filling the Night Skies!
06 The Launch of Rescue Archaeology
08 The Five Stages of the TSP Archaeology
52 An Overall Accounting of 15 Years of Archaeology at the TSP
Chapter 2 Arcane Truths from the Strata Below
65 What is Archaeology?
66 Archaeology is Not Digging Treasure!
68 How Do You Do Archaeology?
72 Why Just Dig Trowel by Trowel-Full?
74 Why Do Archaeology at the TSP?
75 The Treasures in the TSP’s Strata
Chapter 3 Time Brings Great Changes to the TSP
80 Paleoenvironmental Changes at the TSP
Chapter 4 The Dabenkeng (Tapenkeng) Culture: The
Earliest Arrival of Ancient Peoples to the TSP
100 Sites and Dating
103 Artifacts and Features
117 Social Appearance and Settlement Pattern
127 Rites of Passage
Chapter 5 The Niuchuozi (Niuchoutzu) Culture: Falling
to the Ground and Taking Root
139 Sites and Dating
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141 Artifacts and Features
157 Social Appearance and Settlement Pattern
170 Cultural affinities and Inheritance Relationships
Chapter 6 The Dahu (Tahu) Culture: Newly Arriving People
180 Sites and Dating
188 Artifacts and Features
201 Social Appearance and Settlement Pattern
218 Rites of Passage
Chapter 7 The Niaosong (Niaosung) Culture: The People
Who Used Iron
228 Sites and Dating
232 Artifacts and Features
249 Social Appearance
256 Rites of Passage
Chapter 8 The Siraya Culture: Connections with the
Ancestors of the Pingpu Indigenous Peoples
270 Sites and Dating
273 Artifacts and Features
286 Social Appearance and Settlement Pattern
302 Rites of Passage
304 Communications Beyond the Borders
Chapter 9 The Han Chinese Culture: The Perilous Crossing
from the Mainland to Taiwan
317 Sites and Dating
320 The Importation of Han Chinese Industrial Technology
328 Settlement Patterns and Rites of Passage
335 External Exchange
Chapter 10 Concluding Remarks: Revelations from the TSP
Archaeology
342 Archaeological Sites Must be Cared For Diligently
343 Technological Development and Cultural Preservation
List of References 350
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