林口八里海濱脊椎動物化石之年代及其意義

Ages and Their Significance for Human and Vertebrate Fossils from the Linco-Bali Coast Area

謝英宗(Y. T. Shieh)

《國立臺灣博物館學刊》 60卷2期 (2007/06) Pp. 13-20

摘要

林口八里一帶海岸平原素以大坌坑和十三行文化遺址著稱，在當地的潮間帶，經常可以找到一些出土層位不明的石器、陶片和骨片。研究結果顯示該地區人類遺骸的年代，從距今約4700多年前的大坌坑文化一直延續到距今約290年前的清代漢文化。本研究中的人類頭骨和頸椎遺骸，可能是北臺灣迄今所發現年代最久遠的人骨遺骸。本研究區域脊椎動物化石的碳十四年代都老於距今五萬年前，因此雖然林口八里一帶海濱的脊椎動物化石和人類遺骸在同一地區交錯出現，但顯然此二者的是屬於不同地質時代的生物遺骸，研判人類遺骸為山麓史前遺址被沖刷移置於此區，而大型脊椎動物化石則可能來自大南灣層。

關鍵字

史前遺址 ； 人類和脊椎動物化石 ； 碳十四定年 ； 北臺灣

並列摘要

The alluvial coastal plains and surrounding hills of the Linco -Bali coastal area are renowned for their Tafenkeng and Shihsanhang prehist01ic artifacts. Large amounts of prehistoric stone and china artifacts, human bones and animal fossils have been found on the tidal plain in the study area. Dating results on human bone point s to human activity in the area since the peoples of the Tafenkeng prehistoric era up until the Ching Dynasty. The oldest known human remains in northern Taiwan (a neck bone) were discovered in this study. Human bones and animal fossils have been found together on the tidal plain; however, according to the dating results, the human bones and animal fossils may come from different formations. The human bone might come from a surface Holocene prehistoric site and the animal fossils from the Tananwan Formation, which is Pleistocene.

並列關鍵字

Prehistoric sites ； human and vertebrate fossils ； AMS ^(14)C dating ； northern Taiwan