DATE:Circa 13000~3000 B.C.

LOCATION: SANCHIEN VILLAGE, TAITUNG COUNTY

DESCRIPTION:

At this site there are dozens of caves carved by the sea into the coastal cliffs of Sanchien Village. Between 1968 and 1970, Professor Sung Wen-hsun and his archeological team from National Taiwan University made five excavations here, uncovering the remains of a Neolithic culture and, at deeper strata, a rich store of artifacts from the Changpin culture－an advanced Paleolithic culture and the oldest prehistoric community discovered in Taiwan to date. This site is the most representative and significant of this early culture. Among the artifacts unearthed is a large store of pebble tools, such as flaking tools, and stone axe heads, as well as fine white stone tools with crudely shaped blades or points. Bone implements and animal and fish bones were also uncovered.