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Unpaving Paradise: Digging Up Taiwan's Ancient Heritage
The Wild East ^ | July 16th, 2009 | Trista di Genova, MSt, Oxford University

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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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; taiwan
Beinan, once a village of hundreds, was discovered when construction for a train station began, near this location. Photo credit: TdG

Unpaving Paradise: Digging Up Taiwan's Ancient Heritage

1 posted on 01/05/2010 4:28:30 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 01/05/2010 4:30:57 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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To: SunkenCiv
IIRC, the Polynesians have Southeast Asian origins and many think most of them came from Taiwan.
3 posted on 01/05/2010 4:46:33 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: SunkenCiv

I also thought there was some type of jade stone that was distributed widely but only found in Taiwan.


4 posted on 01/05/2010 5:15:36 PM PST by Fractal Trader
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The language family came from Taiwan — and the Taiwanese also aren’t aboriginal. :’)


5 posted on 01/05/2010 5:22:45 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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To: SunkenCiv

The modern site of the Shihsanhang archaeological discovery.

6 posted on 01/05/2010 5:35:27 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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