Archaeological finds on Taiwan reveal two principal late Neolithic cultures on the island--the Yuanshan and the Botanical Garden. The two cultures spanned about 2,500 years of history, with the former beginning its spread about 4,500 years ago and the latter persisting until about 2,000 years ago.
目前，在台灣考古學上的發現，新石器時代晚期文化以圓山和植物園文化為主，前者分佈年代約距今 4,500 年，後者則延伸至 2,000 年前，兩個文化層共紀錄了約 2,500 年的歷史。