Niaosung culture

The Niaosung culture (Chinese: 蔦松文化; pinyin: Niǎosōng Wénhuà) was an archaeological culture in southern Taiwan. It distributed around the region of Tainan and Kaohsiung. The culture existed in the Iron Age^[1] of Taiwan island. Some evidences suggested that Niaosung Culture was directly relative to the Siraya people,^[2] an aboriginal tribe which is still living in this area.

There is a set of several archaeological sites formed the culture, such as the Niaosung Site (蔦松遺址), Futingchin Site (覆頂金遺址), Hsiliao Site (西寮遺址) and Kanhsi Site (看西遺址).^{[citation needed]} Some were discovered in the archaeological research excavations, and some in other works such as digging fish farms or building factories. These sites had been excavated out potteries or middens.^[3]

References

^ 台灣地區遺址的時間分佈 (in Chinese). Academia Sinica. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
^ 西拉雅族與台灣史前文明 (in Chinese). Academia Sinica. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
^ 台灣的史前時代: 鐵器時代 (in Chinese). National Museum of Prehistory, Taiwan. Retrieved 2008-07-20.