About Taiwan prehistorically history
Dear Alice:
How are you doing? We haven’t met each other since we graduated from
senior high school, and I miss you very much. Recently, I read a historical
books is about Taiwan prehistorically history. I developed an interest in this
book. Now I want to share contents about this book let you know. I act
according to geology, archeology, anthropology, linguistics analysis to you
knows. I hoped that you will like.
A. about Taiwan prehistorically geology: Taiwan and China relations
are quite close, between both banks seabed the depth has not
surpassed 100 meters and seabed depth between of China and
Penghu's majority within 50 meters. These two places in the
remote antiquity should some origins. For several thousand years,
because the Japan Current flows through the Taiwan Straits, ocean
current rapids, this is very dangerous if you want navigation,
causing before Manchu and Ming Dynasties people on both sides of
the straits' economy, culture interflow very sparse. Therefore the
history can provide the information is also limited. Until in the recent
several hundred years has the large-scale interflow and quite explicit
historical data.
B. about Taiwan prehistorically archeology: The archaeologist divides
into the early humanity culture are Paleolithic Age and Neolithic Age.
Geological time: the Paleolithic period exists in the geological time
Pleistocene, and the Neolithic Age existed after the Pleistocene’s Holocene.
Life state: The Paleolithic period humanity hunts and gathering maintains
livelihood, belongs to the “gathering economy(採食經濟)”, but to the Neolithic
Age, then transforms into the agriculture and raising livestock, belongs to the
“production economy(產食經濟)”.
Live way: Paleolithic period humanity with no fixed abode, Starts to the
Neolithic Age to settle down then forms the village gradually.
Technology: Paleolithic period's stone implement is uses “to strike” the method
makes. Neolithic Age develop “peck method”, “grinding” and so on
technologies. In addition, the Neolithic Age has also invented ceramic,
spinning and so on crafts.
C. about Taiwan prehistorically anthropology: about five thousand years
ago, Taiwan already had the humanity to live, these earliest resident belongs
South Pacific Ocean's Malaya (南太平洋的馬來), Pori Nepal person (波里尼西
亞人). Manchu Dynasty named which difficult to communicate is“raw fan(生
番)”and may communicate named“ripe fan(熟番)”. Japan said that they are
“gao sha clan(高砂族)”. At the beginning of Kuomintang to Taiwan because
lived in the plain indigenous people was already assimilated, the marriage to
vanish. The main indigenous people live in the mountainous area therefore
calls these people“gao sha clan(高砂族)” or“mountainous region compatriot”.
Now is called the aborigine.
D. about Taiwan prehistorically linguistics: “Austronesia language
family(南島語系)” may divide into two big language families: 1. Formosan
languages(台灣原住民語) and 2. Malayo-Polynesian languages (馬來-波里尼
西亞語). The former has 23 languages may divide into Atayalic (泰雅語)、
Paiwanic(排灣語) and Tsouic(鄒語)three kind of systems. The latter has 1239
languages may divide into Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Western
Malayo-Polynesian and two kinds the language which is unable to classify.
Taiwan Austronesia language has preserved the ancient Austronesia
nationality's cultural characteristic. In syntax, the Austronesia language most
important characteristic is the “focus system(焦點系統)”. In the Austronesia
language retains this characteristic completely is Taiwan Austronesia language
These are I reorganize the material, hoped that you will like.
If you also have about Taiwan prehistorically history material, welcome you
share with me. Be sure to come to Tainan and visit me if you have free time,
then I can lead you to tour the relics and eat delicious snack in Tainan. I
believe this will be a very substantial trip.
Class: 四技英語二丙
Name: 鄭安茹 Cathy
No. 496c0141