One graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at National Taiwan University says, "There are many vestiges in Taitung, and there is an abundance of research material. This is why Taitung remains our first choice in which to conduct archeological research."
「台東遺址多、考古資料豐，是我們進行考古研究的『第一志願』」，一位台大人類學系的研究生比喻，考古隊來到台東，就像「朝聖」一樣。