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Fengbitou Archaeological Site

Linyuan District, Taiwan

Fengbitou Archaeological Site
Fengbitou Archaeological Site. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

The Fengbitou Archaeological Site (traditional, simplified, pinyin: Fèngbítóu Yízhǐ), officially known as Fengpitou (Chungkengmen) Archaeological Site (in Taiwan's archaeological tradition, it is usually spelled n Wade–Giles system), is an archaeological site in Chungmen Village, Linyuan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on the plateau north to the Chungkengmen Settlement. It’s at the southern direction of Fengshan Hill, with an area of 9.7 hectares. The archaeological culture can be dated back to 2,000 to 5,200 years ago, and the cultural layers includes Tapenkeng Culture, Fengpitou Type of Niuchoutzi Culture, and Fengpitou Culture, demonstrating the prehistoric development of southwestern Taiwan.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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