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Settlement Patterns at Saqacengalj, a Slate House Settlement in Southern Taiwan

Settlement Patterns at Saqacengalj, a Slate House Settlement in Southern Taiwan The present work combines archaeology, historical analysis, and ethnography to examine historical continuities in village social organization and settlement patterns in southern Taiwan in the mid- to late second millennium <small class="caps">a.d. </small> The focus of the work is <i>Kau-shi</i> village, located in <i>Mu-dan</i> County, Pin-dong District, at the southern tip of Taiwan. Its residents belong to the Southern <i>Pai-wan</i> Group, one of Taiwan’s indigenous populations. <i>Kau-shi</i> people moved and established new settlements six times before they settled on the current village. Their oldest abandoned settlement, <i>Saqacengalj,</i> is located about 7 to 8 km from the current village, an archaeological site covering about 1.4 acres with more than 83 stone structures dated to 500–600 years <small class="caps">b.p </small>. (before present), known previously through mystical folktale and oral tradition, and only recently through archaeology. Archaeological mapping of site layout and structural features found that the <i>Saqacengalj</i> settlement shares certain characteristics with later <i>Pai-wan</i> settlements extending into the twentieth century. However, there are certain features distinctly <i>Saqacengalj</i> from these settlements. In addition, a significant percentage of the 83 structures at <i>Saqacengalj</i> have a unique arrangement of small structures within the larger structure not found in later villages. These initial archaeological analyses suggest significant historical changes in the cultural and social meaning of village settlement patterns of the Southern <i>Pai-wan</i> Group over this half-millennium. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Perspectives University of Hawai'I Press

Settlement Patterns at Saqacengalj, a Slate House Settlement in Southern Taiwan

Chen, Maa-Ling.
Asian Perspectives , Volume 47 (2) – Jan 23, 2009
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The present work combines archaeology, historical analysis, and ethnography to examine historical continuities in village social organization and settlement patterns in southern Taiwan in the mid- to late second millennium <small class="caps">a.d. </small> The focus of the work is <i>Kau-shi</i> village, located in <i>Mu-dan</i> County, Pin-dong District, at the southern tip of Taiwan. Its residents belong to the Southern <i>Pai-wan</i> Group, one of Taiwan’s indigenous populations. <i>Kau-shi</i> people moved and established new settlements six times before they settled on the current village. Their oldest abandoned settlement, <i>Saqacengalj,</i> is located about 7 to 8 km from the current village, an archaeological site covering about 1.4 acres with more than 83 stone structures dated to 500–600 years <small class="caps">b.p </small>. (before present), known previously through mystical folktale and oral tradition, and only recently through archaeology. Archaeological mapping of site layout and structural features found that the <i>Saqacengalj</i> settlement shares certain characteristics with later <i>Pai-wan</i> settlements extending into the twentieth century. However, there are certain features distinctly <i>Saqacengalj</i> from these settlements. In addition, a significant percentage of the 83 structures at <i>Saqacengalj</i> have a unique arrangement of small structures within the larger structure not found in later villages. These initial archaeological analyses suggest significant historical changes in the cultural and social meaning of village settlement patterns of the Southern <i>Pai-wan</i> Group over this half-millennium.

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Published: Jan 23, 2009

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