Posted on 01/05/2010 4:28:30 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Evidence of human settlement in Taiwan -- so far -- dates back at least 30,000 years. Where these people originated from is unclear and something for which linguists, geneticists and archaeologists are trying to build a model. There was a "transmission of people" as well as the Austronesian language and culture, into Oceania from Southeast Asia, coming "from Taiwan or nearby areas" according to the author of "The First Human," Ann Gibbons; and Southeast China... The early Tapenkeng culture in Taiwan (6,000 to 5,000 BP before present), characterized by the advent of agriculture, overlapped the late Changpin culture (40,000 to 5,000 BP). A Tapenkeng site in Kenting recently provided the first evidence of prehistoric rice farming -- shen variety of rice, but other traits include cord-marked pottery (hemp impressions), stone axes, adzes, arrowheads and net-sinkers.
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Beinan, once a village of hundreds, was discovered when construction for a train station began, near this location. Photo credit: TdG
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I also thought there was some type of jade stone that was distributed widely but only found in Taiwan.
The language family came from Taiwan — and the Taiwanese also aren’t aboriginal. :’)
The modern site of the Shihsanhang archaeological discovery.
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