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New Frontiers in the Neolithic Archaeology of Taiwan (5600-1800 BP)
A Perspective of Maritime Cultural Interaction
XVII, 224 p. 156 illus., 83 illus. in color. online resource.
This book summarizes the systematic research on the Neolithic cultures of Taiwan, based on the latest archaeological discoveries, and focusing on the maritime interactions between mainland southeast China, Taiwan, and southeast Asia during (5600-1800 BP). The study demonstrates and sheds light on the distinctiveness of Taiwan's Neolithic cultures, their interactions with the external cultures of its surrounding regions, the maritime cultural diffusion and early seafaring across sea regions like the Taiwan Strait, Bashi channel and South China Sea. Drawing on the author's deep understanding of Taiwan and its surrounding regions, the book also incorporates recent archeological findings by Taiwanese researchers. Further, based on a new reconstruction of the spatiotemporal framework of Taiwanese prehistoric cultures, the chronologically arranged chapters discuss Neolithic cultures of the early, middle, late and final stage of this island region, revealing the prehistoric cultural development, regional typology and their maritime interactions with surrounding regions. The typological study of the native traits and external cultural influences of each stage of Neolithic culture shows the prehistoric and early history of this key stepping stone in the Asia-Pacific region.
1 Introduction -- 2 Spatial-Temporal Framework for the Prehistoric Cultures of Taiwan -- 3 Archaeological Cultures and their Maritime Interactions during the Tapenkeng Period (5,200-4,200 B.P.) -- 4 Archaeological Cultures during the Successive Period of TPK and their Maritime Connections (4200 - 3200 B.P.) -- 5 Archaeological Cultures during the Late and Final Neolithic Ages and their Maritime Connections (3200 to 1800 B.P.) -- 6 Conclusion -- 7 References.
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