Fengbitou Archaeological Site

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Fengbitou Archaeological Site
鳳鼻頭遺址
Fengbitou Archaeological Site is located in Kaohsiung
Fengbitou Archaeological Site
Fengbitou Archaeological Site
Shown within Kaohsiung
LocationLinyuan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Coordinates22°30′38.1″N 120°22′2.4″E / 22.510583°N 120.367333°E / 22.510583; 120.367333
Typearchaeological site
Part ofFengshan Hill
Area9.77 hectares
Site notes
Discovered1941
Excavation dates1945, 1965

The Fengbitou Archaeological Site (

Tapenkeng Culture, Fengpitou Type of Niuchoutzi Culture, and Fengpitou Culture,[2][3][4]
demonstrating the prehistoric development of southwestern Taiwan.

History

The site was discovered by Japanese scholar Sueo Kaneko around 1941.

Chang Kuang-Chih
, Huang Shih-Chiang, and Liu I-Chang also conducted investigations, trail excavations, and excavations. The site currently functions as orchard, plantation, and burial ground.

Geology

The 9.77-hectare site is located at the slope of Fengshan Hill with a shape of a fan. The hill has a height of 15–20 meters and the site is located at the elevation of 28–55 meters above sea level.[6]

Discovery

The unearthed artifacts include the

Niuchoutzi Culture 3,500 to 4,300 years ago (2350 to 1550 B.C.E.); and painted potteries, black potteries, polished black pottery jars, pottery cups, pottery bowls, ceramic spindle whorl, axe-hoe tools, adzes, stone knives, spearheads, net sinkers, earrings, stone rings, and middens of the Fengpitou Culture 2,000 to 3,500 years ago (1550 to 50 B.C.E.). In addition to the prehistoric cultural layer, remains of Qing Dynasty and Japanese Colonial Era can also be found.[3]

Designated as a national archaeological site

As the site contains rich cultural layers, represent the prehistoric development sequence in southwestern Taiwan, and serves as the representation of Fengpitou Culture, it is designated as national historic site on February 11, 2000, and was changed as a national archaeological site on May 1, 2006.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "大林蒲-鳳鼻頭". 2 March 2018. Archived from the original on 2 March 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b "文化部文化資產局--國家文化資產網". nchdb.boch.gov.tw. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "鳳鼻頭簡介".[permanent dead link]
  4. ISBN 9789579863704
    .
  5. ^ 何傳坤 (27 September 2020). "臺灣高雄鳳鼻頭遺址出土動物骨骼的動物考古學及埋藏學研究". 國立自然科學博物館科普學習資源. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Fengbitou Archaeological Site". Bureau of Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
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