Paper short abstract:

The main purpose of this paper is to give some notes on the issue that relating the origins of Austronesian speakers peopling in prehistoric Taiwan.

Paper long abstract:

Tapenkeng culture was first defined by K. C. Chang in 1960s as the earliest Neolithic culture in Taiwan. Since then, more relative sites have been discovered in Taiwan. However, little evidence for that Tapenkeng settler's colonization on significance scales. The main purpose of this paper is to give some notes on the issue that relating the origins of Austronesian speakers peopling in prehistoric Taiwan. Until now, 82 archaeological sites have been recorded nearby Tainan Science Park. Salvage archaeological excavations were carried out at 34 sites in the science park area between 1996 and 2009. Remarkable advances have been made on the archaeological evidence uncovered from the sites of Nan-kuan-li and Nan-kuan-li East. Together with the archaeological remains and ecological perspectives, I believe we are able to rethink the basic issues about the earliest Neolithic cultural component and the significant issues concerning its relations to being the homeland of Austronesian speakers peopling in prehistoric Taiwan.