Changbin cultural site

Changbin cultural site

Changbin cultural site, discovered in March 1968 by Professor Lin Chaorong, Department of geology, National Taiwan University, when he investigated the sea erosion cave in Baxian cave, Changbin Township, Taitung County. After excavation, a large number of stone tools, flakes, bone horn utensils, fish bones, animal bones, grain residue and more than 3000 utensils were unearthed. After identification, it is confirmed that this is the oldest cultural layer discovered in Taiwan for the first time, namely Paleolithic cultural layer.

In March 1968, Professor Lin Chaorong from the Department of geology, Taiwan University discovered the sea erosion cave in Baxian cave, Changbin Township, Taitung County. After excavation, a large number of stone tools, flakes, bone horn utensils, fish bones, animal bones, grain residue and more than 3000 utensils were unearthed. After identification, it is confirmed that this is the oldest cultural layer discovered in Taiwan for the first time, namely Paleolithic cultural layer. Historian Dr. Li Ji named it "Changbin culture". Changbin culture is a typical gravel culture, which was spread to Taiwan through South China. As measured by carbon 14, Changbin culture dates back 15000 years. This culture proves that before the end of the Pleistocene, when Taiwan was connected with the mainland, Taiwan had become a place for human activities in the late Paleolithic period of the mainland.

Address: Beiduan Bay, Changbin Township, Taitung County, Taiwan

Longitude: 121.47644805908

Latitude: 23.395763397217

Tel. + 88689-881418