The 2000 year-old Puli man Based on his previous research work and on the finds at the ongoing test dig, Liu Yi-chang can offer a general description of the first Puli-sites-- "Tamalin Man" --living 2400-1700 years ago. They were a late neolithic people who used flaked stone tools. From the large number of hitching stones and animal jawbones it can be inferred that they knew fishing and agriculture.
從過去的發掘報告及如今試掘的出土物來看，劉益昌總結描述了距今兩千四百年到一千七百年左右的埔里先民﹘﹘「大馬璘人」：新石器晚期的人類，使用磨製石器，從出土物中的大量網墜及動物下顎骨可知，當時已有農漁業。