Afterwards came the Peinan Culture, which left the Pacific Rim's largest prehistoric burial site, and then there was Southern Taiwan's Tsaohsieh-tun Culture, whose artifacts are said to mark the beginnings of agricultural life on this island.
輩份最老的是三萬至五千年前的長濱文化，後來有環太平洋地區最大的墓葬遺址──卑南遺址，而南台灣墾丁、南投草鞋墩遺址的繩紋紅陶器中，稻穀的印痕和花粉，訴說農耕生活的開始。