Megalithic Portal: Latest from Taiwan

Crescent Stone Pillar Taidong

Fri, 10 May 2013 22:51:27 GMT

]]>Another ten prehistoric stone coffins discovered close to the Peinan Archaeological Site. 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)

Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:43:50 GMT

]]>. The rescue and excavation of the Peinan Site led to the planning and construction of the Taiwanese National Museum of Prehistory (NMP)

Sabat Stone pillars

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:21:33 GMT

]]>Click on More Info to see the Google Street View. Standing Stones in Taiwan. Two large Neolithic (about 3000 BC) standing stones, between 5 and 7 meters tall. Probably relics of the ancient Beinan tribal culture.

Baxiandong

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:28:17 GMT

. Cave at the east-coast of Taiwan. Archaeologists discovered remains of the Changping culture (4000-3000 BCE).

Peinan Cultural Park

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:52:33 GMT

]]>Trista di Genova writes about the prehistory of Taiwan, and how Taiwan plays a central role in the dispersal theory of Austronesian-speaking peoples into Southeast Asia. . In 1945 Japanese scholars discovered hundreds of crescent-shaped, slate stone pillars (later determined to support houses) and conducted small-scale excavation. But it wasn�t until July 1980 that excavators at the site of the Beinan train station unearthed more than 1,500 slate stone coffins and over 20,000 stone and pottery artifacts.

Earliest settlements in Taipei discovered

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 01:11:56 GMT

. An Academia Sinica archaeologist said he has found the ruins of Taiwan's earliest settlement in Taipei. Liu Yi-chang dated the settlement around 2,500 years before Christ.

Taiwan: Peinan archeological site gives prehistoric insight

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:07:36 GMT

. Until recently, little was known about the histories and cultures of Chinese Taipei's Austronesian aborigines and, in particular, about their relationships with the island's ancient inhabitants. Discovery of the Peinan site in southeastern Taiwan, and the associated artifacts unearthed and interpreted by archaeologists, have proved invaluable in making up some of this deficiency.

Taiwan could have had a copper casting factory 2,000 years ago

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:45:56 GMT

. A dig has been going on for 14 months at the Chiuhsianglan site in the Taimali area of Taidong County. The dig has yielded a totem pole featuring snakes, and archaeologists believe that this indicates the site has a clear connection to cultures that existed 2,000 years ago and that are still present to this day. The unearthing of the artifacts has been extremely important to creating a history of aboriginal cultural in Taiwan.

Preservation urged for prehistoric relic site in Taiwan

Fri, 03 Oct 2003 22:07:17 GMT

]]>Do you have any photos of megaliths in Taiwan?. International academics joined Taiwan's scientific community yesterday in calling for quick action to preserve the human remains and artifacts discovered at a prehistoric burial site in downtown Taichung City earlier this week.

Archaeologists announce discovery of underwater man-made wall off Taiwan

Sat, 30 Nov 2002 00:12:31 GMT

. Underwater archaeologists this week announced the discovery of a man-made wall submerged under the waters of the Pescadores Islands that could be at least six and seven thousand years old.