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 137 98 78 63 01 141
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 350 341 314 269 227 175

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 Arch...