The term "prehistoric pottery" refers to pottery made in those 10,000 years by the original settlers of Taiwan, who came perhaps from the southeast coast of China.
在這一萬多年漫長的時空洪流中，這些可能來自大陸東南沿海福建、廣東地區的史前人類所製造的陶器，通稱為「史前陶」。