Talk:Prehistory of Taiwan

Removed text
I've removed the following text, which seems quite problematic as it stands:

''It has been proven that the Neolithic prehistoric sites was left by the Austronesian people. In other words, before the Taiwanese aborigines settled Taiwan, there might have been other people who settled before them.''

''There were many kinds of Taiwanese aborigines, which can be sorted into two main groups: the Gaoshan (高山族) and the Pepo (平埔族). The Gaoshan people lived in mountainous areas, their culture can still be distinguished from the Han Chinese. On the other hand, the Pepo culture has been gradually disappearing due to the invasion and culture assimilation of the Han Chinese. However, there are a lot of places, names, religions, songs, etc., that are still historic relics of the Pepo culture.'' Firstly, since the Formosan languages of the Taiwanese Aborigines form all but one branch of the Austronesian languages, the first part makes no sense at all- they are decidedly Austronesian, and it's widely held that the Austronesian langs. emanated from the island of Formosa in the first place. Perhaps it is supposed to refer to some non-Austronesian earlier occupation- but without any references it's impossible to tell. Secondly, suggesting that physical neolithic remains can be 'proven' as attributable to a group that is defined on linguistic grounds is a bit misleading.

The second para seems out-of-place for the 'prehistorical' scope of the article: it's really discussing the indigenous peoples as known from much more contemporary, (recorded) historical times. Also, the various subdivisions of these peoples as distinct and named groups is generally a more recent construct.--cjllw ʘ  TALK 06:29, 4 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, I just translated it from the Chinese version.--Jerrypp772000 19:06, 4 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Ok, thanks- but the points made still stand, in the absence of any further clarification or new info provided.--cjllw ʘ  TALK 14:17, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

WPCHINA?
I brought this up at wpchina's talkpage once, and they said it was fine not to include this article as part of them. I personally think that this article should not be part of the project because, even if you think Taiwan is part of China (which I strongly disagree), at the time Taiwan was not part of China yet. There were no Han Chinese or any ethnic Chinese people in Taiwan.--Jerry 17:09, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * depends on how you think. PRC categorizes the aborigines as part of its 56 Chinese nationalities. Blueshirts 17:43, 12 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I understand, but I think this will be more neutral. I mean, PRC even claims Taiwan as its province.--Jerry 17:47, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

About the Chinese version
I consider that we better do not write this article by translating contents from Chinese wikipedia. It's problematic. Moreover, ZH wikipedians are never be interested in prehistory of Taiwan, they just attaching in editwars about ROC era and colonial eras. Thus they never care the precision of a prehistorical article. luuva (talk) 07:22, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Formation of island itself
Need information about when the island itself first appeared. Is it volcanic? Badagnani (talk) 07:28, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Please explain
How come prehistory lasted until 1600s?--Korsentry 02:13, 17 March 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by KoreanSentry (talk • contribs)

Oldest settlement and Taiwan strait's sea level ?
Where oldest settlement before or after the straight became closed ? Yug (talk)  11:02, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
 * See the "Late Paleolithic" section of the article. Kanguole 11:10, 29 February 2020 (UTC)