舊社遺留及舊社研究的初步探討

Preliminary Remarks on Abandoned Settlement Remains and Studies of Abandoned Settlements

吳佰祿(Pai-Lu Wu)

《國立臺灣博物館學刊》 58卷2期 (2005/12) Pp. 1-23

摘要

臺灣原住民的「舊社」遺留廣見於各地，它們代表了各族群在近(現)代大規模文化變遷之前的一個文化斷面，但這方面的研究在傳統人類學研究中並未獲得相當的重視，故它們雖與人類學各類基本的研究素材有若干共通之處，卻尚未出現系統性的當代論述，而「舊社」的文化史意義當然也就難以在學界中形成基本共識了。本文試圖初步分析原住民舊社遺留與聚落組織、族群發展、區域文化發展等層次的關係，由此突顯「舊社遺留」作為文化史研究素材的可能性，以與民族學、考古學上的若干研究成果進行串連，探尋「舊社研究」之可能性。

關鍵字

舊社 ； 文化史研究 ； 民族學 ； 考古學 ； 舊社研究

並列摘要

The aboriginal ＂abandoned settlement＂ remains can be found throughout Taiwan and represent a legacy of cultural development prior to large-scale culture change brought about by contemporary living. However, relevant issues relating to this legacy are not fully recognized in the more traditional anthropological studies. Consequently, although these research resources have much in common with other elementary anthropological sources, systematic discourse has not yet been entered into , let alone agreement on issues relating to their proper cultural-historical implications. Within this context, the feasibility of ＂studies of abandoned settlements＂ is probed in this paper. To this end the paper roughly sketches the relationships between this order of remains and three significant analytical levels-namely: settlement organization, ethnic development, and regional cultural development. The purpose of this analysis is to highlight the feasibility of this order of remains as a desirable source for cultural-historical studies, and further enhance the cross-fertilization among this field of study and other ethnological and archaeological studies.

並列關鍵字

abandoned settlement ； cultural-historical studies ； ethnology ； archaeology ； studies of abandoned settlements