| Abstract: |
During the last decade, quite a number of Iron Age sites have been discovered and excavated due to the rapid growth of rescue archaeology in Taiwan, and a lot of important archaeological materials have been brought to light. Seven regional Iron Age cultures have so far been recognized in Taiwan, including the Shisanhang culture, the Kanding culture, the Niaosong culture, the Guishan culture and the Jingpu culture. This paper is an attempt to give a general introduction to each of these cultures. NB: This paper uses Pinyin romanization for all Chinese archaeological and personal names, except for that of the author himself (Tsang Cheng-hwa), which is in Wade-Giles romanization.
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