Summary
Heping Dao B (HPDB) is an archaeological site located in the small island of Heping Dao, off Keelung, northern coast of Taiwan. The site preserves a very complex and uninterrupted sequence of occupation from the early occupation of Taiwan, in the Neolithic, to the present times. It comprises therefore the prehistory of the island, its transition to the historical period with the European colonization of Taiwan, the Chinese (1668-1895) and Japanese (1895-1945) colonial periods and important remains from WWII, and the postwar colonial occupation by the Kuomintang up to the end of the 20th century. The prehistoric period is particularly complex to unravel due to stratigraphic questions and a traditional focus on ceramic typologies. We aim to overcome these difficulties by providing additional technological information on a sample of ceramics from HPDB.
Keywords
Pottery. Prehistory. Taiwan. Archaeometry.