In the 1960s, he returned to Taiwan and embarked on research at the Fengpitou site in Kaohsiung, completing the most extensive archeological study made in Taiwan in over a century.
民國五十年間，張光直回到台灣，進行北部大坌坑與高雄鳳鼻頭遺址的相關研究，是台灣考古學界百年來首次最完整的遺址發掘報告。