 【Category】archaeological site
【Level】Cultural Heritage Rating 1.36
【Constructor】discovered by Lu-Ye-Jhong-Syong in 1929
【History】
Taichung Park archaeological site is located in Cincing Village, Bei Chiu, Taichung City. It was significantly damaged during the construction of Taichung Park in 1908, when Japan ruled Taiwan. In 1929, a Japanese archeologist, Lu-Ye-Jhong-Syong discovered this some 3000-year-old human archaeological site on the Dadun Earth Bump in the park. This archaeological site spreads from the north a small lake to the Anti-Japanese-Ruling Monument. In terms of culture category, it belongs to Niou-ma-tou Culture, which is an archetypal culture during the Mid-New-Stone Era in central Taiwan, and the earliest one of the pre-historical New-Stone Culture. Niou-ma-tou Culture is named after Niou-ma-tou archaeological site.
【Characteristic 】
In 1929 Lu-Ye-Jhong-Syong discovered two pieces of farming stoneware used to dig earth. However, which culture they belong was not clear. In 1995, another investigation of an archaeological project for Taiwan and Fujian areas discovered a broken piece of Red-String-Feature Clayware, some stone tool, which were then identified as remains from the Niou-ma-tou Culture of Mid-New-Stone Era. Hence, there were human activities in terms of hunting and farming during Mid-New-Stone Era some 4000 years ago. The digging site in Taichung Park is about 175 by 50 meters large, with an area of about 10,000 square meters. Material remains, composed mainly of clayware and stoneware, spread sparsely.
【Address】No. 37-1, Park Rd., Bei Chiu, Taichung City 400, Taiwan |
