Excavation and An Exploratory Study on the Prehistory Structure of Fuyuan Site, Hualien
Date Issued
2016
Date
2016
Author(s)
Yao, Shu-Yuh
Abstract
The Fuyuan site is an important Neolithic site in Eastern Taiwan, with at least two prehistorical cultural layer, including Neolithic plain pottery culture and iron age culture. Because of the inaccessibility, the site was neither severely exploited nor destroyed. During the excavations of the Department of Anthropology, NTU in 2014 and 2015, abundant artifacts of potsherds, stone tools and jade tools were discovered. Around the stone walls we also discovered some regular slate structures. According to the result of surface research, more than one hundred menhirs were recorded. Several menhirs with diverse forms were also discovered during the excavation. Despite that most research in the past focused on the distribution of menhirs in the coastal range, the abundant menhirs of Fuyuan site can enrich the accumulating information of menhirs in the East Rift Valley. Based on the result of excavation on Fuyuan site during 2014 to 2015, and with the earlier ethnographies, this thesis tries to explain the meanings of the slat structures and stone structures. Furthermore, I discuss the definition of “Megalithic Culture” and stone structure, and the cultural meaning of Fuyuan site.
Subjects
Fuyuan site
East Rift Valley
Chinlin Culture
Megalithic Culture
Menhir
Slate Structure
Iron age
Type
thesis
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