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<< Our Photo Pages >> Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong - Standing Stones in Taiwan

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Friday, 10 May 2013  Page Views: 6417

DigsSite Name: Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong
Country: Taiwan
NOTE: This site is 4.464 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Taidong
Latitude: 22.792199N  Longitude: 121.121072E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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 5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong
Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong submitted by KaiHofmann : Crescent Stone Pillar. (Vote or comment on this photo)
3m tall standing stone with remains (3-4 smaller stones left) of a stone circle around it. The site is situated east of the Taidong railway station. Part of the Peinan Cultural Park (see that page for more details)

Note: Another ten prehistoric stone coffins discovered close to the Peinan Archaeological Site
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Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong
Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong submitted by KaiHofmann : Closer view of the crescent. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong
Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong submitted by KaiHofmann : Crescent Stone Pillar. Side view. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong
Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong submitted by KaiHofmann : Crescent Stone Pillar. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong
Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong submitted by Creative Commons : Crescent Stone Pillar wide view Creative Commons image by Silent Rain. Site in Taiwan (Vote or comment on this photo)

Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong
Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong submitted by Creative Commons : Crescent Stone Pillar close up Creative Commons image by Silent Rain. Site in Taiwan (Vote or comment on this photo)

Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong
Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong submitted by KaiHofmann : Crescent Stone Pillar - low angle shot. Site in Taiwan

Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong
Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong submitted by KaiHofmann : Crescent Stone Pillar. Site in Taiwan

Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong
Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong submitted by KaiHofmann : View of the smaller stones.

Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong
Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong submitted by KaiHofmann : Crescent Stone Pillar.

Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong
Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong submitted by KaiHofmann

Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong
Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong submitted by KaiHofmann

Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong
Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong submitted by KaiHofmann : Crescent Stone Pillar with the tropical surrounding. Site in Taiwan

Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong
Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong submitted by KaiHofmann : Crescent Stone Pillar Site in Taiwan

Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong
Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong submitted by KaiHofmann : Info board of the crescent stone. Site in Taiwan

Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong
Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong submitted by KaiHofmann : Crescent Stone Pillar. proportions. Site in Taiwan

Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong
Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong submitted by KaiHofmann : Crescent Stone Pillar. drawing by J. Melsheimer

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Ground-Penetrating Radar Prospecting in the Peinan Archaeological Site, Taiwan by Andy B on Monday, 29 April 2013
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Received 25 May 2012, accepted 14 January 2013
ABSTRACT
The Peinan archaeological site is the largest prehistoric village in Taiwan. Only small-scale pits are allowed for research
purposes because the Peinan site is protected by the Cultural Heritage Preservation Act. Careful selection of the pit locations is
crucial for future archaeological research at this site. In this study, a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) survey was applied near
the stone pillar to understand the GPR signatures of the subsurface remains. Seven GPR signatures were categorized based
on the radar characters shown on the GPR image. A detailed GPR survey with dense parallel survey lines was subsequently
conducted in the area of northern extent of the onsite exhibition to map the subsurface ancient buildings. The results were
verified by two test pits, which indicate that the distribution of the subsurface building structures can be well recognized from
GPR depth slices. It will be very helpful for setting proper pits priorities for future archaeological research, and for making
proper design of the new onsite exhibition

'Early Release' paper (PDF) at
http://cgu.gcc.ntu.edu.tw/pdf/2013011401T.pdf
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The Peinan Site - Crescent-shape Stone Pillars by Andy B on Monday, 29 April 2013
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The stone pillars are the first item to draw the attention from anthropologists in the Peinan Site. In Kano Tadao's "Megalithic Culture in East Taiwan" (1930), slate pillars were recorded as erecting at the Site. The stone pillars are 1.8-3.6m in height, the highest one is 4.6m, and form a almost-perfect straight line in the directions of the northeast or southwest. After half century of exploitation, the stone pillars are no longer found nowadays, except for one standing at the Site. It is the landmark and the historical witness of the Peinan Site, the Crescent-shape Stone Pillar.

The "Crescent-shape Stone Pillar" is named for the circular hole on the top, which shapes like a full moon. The function of the stone pillar is still vague until today. One legend says that the people of the Peinan Culture used them to support the house, and the hole on the top is for the beam. Another theory says that the ancient people of the Peinan Culture set the round stone pillars in front of the house to symbolize the societal status. Today, the site of the stone pillar is the small platform left by the railroad construction. To its north was once the excavation site but now a railroad switchyard. Only the Tulan Mt. standing far away is still in the clouds, for thousands of years.

http://www.nmp.gov.tw/english/park01-5-04.html
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Prehistoric stone coffins discovered by Andy B on Monday, 29 April 2013
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In July this year, construction workers who were widening a road in Taitung, eastern Taiwan, discovered a cluster of stone coffins. The ten stone coffins were discovered just 300 meters above the well-known Beinan Archaeological Site, and share exactly the same features as those in the Beinan site.

It was Japanese scholars who first discovered the Beinan site back in 1945. At the time they found hundreds of crescent-shaped, slate stone pillars (pictured). However, large-scale excavations were not carried out until 1980, when the construction of the Taitung Railway Station, which damaged the site, drew public attention.

http://english.rti.org.tw/programalertinfo.aspx?tid=E916F56E4FE7AD7C
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Re: Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong Street View by Andy B on Monday, 29 April 2013
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Another view from round the back - great find Kai! Not sure about the tarmac path but I like the metal posts to stop people cycling up and down the mound.


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Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong Street View by Andy B on Monday, 29 April 2013
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